Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 301.001 (2026)

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301.001301.001 Purposes of chapters. The purposes of this chapter and chs. 302 to 304 are to prevent delinquency and crime by an attack on their causes; to provide a just, humane and efficient program of rehabilitation of offenders; and to coordinate and integrate corrections programs with other social services. In creating the department of corrections, chs. 301 to 304, the legislature intends that the state continue to avoid sole reliance on incarceration of offenders and continue to develop, support and maintain professional community programs and placements.

301.001 HistoryHistory: 1989 a. 31, 107; 1995 a. 27.

301.001 AnnotationThe Department of Corrections must follow its own rules. It is not harmless error for an agency to disobey its own procedural regulations. State ex rel. Anderson-El v. Cooke, 2000 WI 40, 234 Wis. 2d 626, 610 N.W.2d 821, 98-0715.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1995–2023 · leading case: Adam R. Mayhugh v. State of Wisconsin, 2015 WI 77 (Wis. 2015).

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Adam R. Mayhugh v. State of Wisconsin, 2015 WI 77 (Wis. 2015). · cites it 8× “Notably, the DOC's ability to contract for youth programs is limited to available revenues and subject to 6 Wis. Stat. § 301.001 (purpose of avoiding sole reliance on incarceration); Wis.”

State v. Post, 541 N.W.2d 115 (Wis. 1995). · cites it 4× “The legislative policy in the Mental Health Act is "to assure the provision of a full range of treatment and rehabilitation services in the state for all mental disorders and developmental disabilities and for mental illness, alcoholism and other drug abuse." [8] See, e.”

State v. Corey T. Rector, 2023 WI 41 (Wis. 2023). · cites it 4× “See Wis. Stat. § 301.001 (explaining one purpose of the registry is to protect the public); see also Scalia & Garner, Reading Law, at 217 ("A .”

State v. DeAnthony K. Muldrow, 912 N.W.2d 74 (Wis. 2018). · cites it 3× “" Wis. Stat. § 301.001 . 18 "We take *85 the legislature at its word.”

Singer v. Raemisch, 593 F.3d 529 (7th Cir. 2010). “2d 592 (2009); indeed, the provision of a “just, humane and efficient program of rehabilitation of offenders” is an express statutory goal in Wisconsin, Wis. Stat. § 301.001 . We note that Wisconsin, like all other states, is permitted to pursue its chosen penological goals and…”

DeLorean Bryson v. Kevin Carr (Wis. Ct. App. 2022). “§§ 301.001, 301.03, 301.31, 301.32, 302.04, 973.”

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