Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 304.01 (2026)
Parole commission and commission chairperson; general duties
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304.01(1)(1) The chairperson of the parole commission shall administer and supervise the commission and its activities and shall be the final parole-granting authority, except as provided in s. 304.02.
304.01(2)(2) The parole commission shall conduct regularly scheduled interviews to consider the parole of eligible inmates of the adult correctional institutions under the control of the department of corrections, eligible inmates transferred under ch. 51 and under the control of the department of health services and eligible inmates in any county house of correction. The department of corrections shall provide all of the following to the parole commission:
304.01(2)(a)(a) Records relating to inmates which are in the custody of the department and are necessary to the conduct of the commission’s responsibilities.
304.01(2)(d)(d) Appropriate physical space at the correctional institutions to conduct the parole interviews.
304.01(3)(3) The department shall post on the department’s public Internet site the individuals granted parole, denied parole, and returned to prison following the revocation of parole. The department shall post aggregate numbers that identify monthly totals and yearly totals. The yearly totals shall be presented by the crime for which the individual was convicted; the sex, race, and age of the individual; and the locality in which the individual was convicted.
304.01(4)(4) Any guidance documents that the parole commission uses to guide parole decisions shall be posted on the department’s public Internet site.
304.01 HistoryHistory: 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19); 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 38; 2023 a. 31.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1999–2020 · leading case: State v. Crochiere, 2004 WI 78 (Wis. 2004).
State v. Crochiere, 2004 WI 78 (Wis. 2004). “Wis. Stat. § 304.01 , et seq. (1999-2000); TIS Comes to Wisconsin, supra, at 14.”
State Ex Rel. Purifoy v. Malone, 2002 WI App 151 (Wis. Ct. App. 2002). “" Wis. Stat. § 304.01 . It therefore makes no sense to *108 classify decisions of the chairperson regarding parole as "recommendations," as there is no one to whom the recommendation would be made, other than the chairperson.”
State v. Stanley, 2014 WI App 89 (Wis. Ct. App. 2014). “2d 57, ¶ 6 (citing Wis. Stat. § 304.01 (1999-2000)). Generally, absent "extenuating circumstances," an inmate is entitled to release on parole on his or her mandatory release date, when the inmate has served two-thirds of the sentence.”
State Ex Rel. Bergmann v. Faust, 595 N.W.2d 75 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). “See §§ 304.01(2) and 304.06(1)(b), Stats. The functions of discretionary parole are: to assure that early release will not depreciate the seriousness of the offense; to determine that optimum benefit has been derived by the inmate from institutional programs; to assess the risk…”
Dickerson v. Gersy (E.D. Wis. 2020). “) 1 Its general duties, which are laid out in Wis. Stat. § 304.01 (2), do not include involvement in visiting decisions at prisons.”
— Wis. Stat. § 304.01(2) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Bergmann v. Faust, 595 N.W.2d 75 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). “See §§ 304.01(2) and 304.06(1)(b), Stats. The functions of discretionary parole are: to assure that early release will not depreciate the seriousness of the offense; to determine that optimum benefit has been derived by the inmate from institutional programs; to assess the risk…”
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