2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 973 - Sentencing.
973.14 - Sentence to house of correction.

Universal Citation:
WI Stat § 973.14 (2025)
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973.14 Sentence to house of correction.

(1) In addition to the authority in ss. 302.18 and 303.18, prisoners sentenced to a county jail may be transferred by the sheriff to a house of correction without court approval.

(2) Prisoners confined in the house of correction may be transferred by the superintendent of the house of correction to the county jail without court approval.

(3) A prisoner sentenced to a county jail or the house of correction being held in a county jail awaiting trial on another charge shall be deemed to be serving the county jail or house of correction sentence and shall be given credit on the sentence as provided in s. 302.43 or 303.19.

History: 1977 c. 126; 1989 a. 31.

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