[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Grant County as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-20-1982 (Ch. 25 of the Grant County
Ordinances)]
This article is enacted under the authority of § 303.08(4),
Wis. Stats., relating to Huber Law prisoners held by the Sheriff of Grant
County in the Grant County Jail.
Every prisoner gainfully employed or who is receiving unemployment compensation
or employment training benefits while in the custody of the jail shall be
liable for charges not to exceed the full per capita maintenance and cost
of his board in the jail as fixed by the County Board.
If necessarily absent from jail at mealtime, the prisoner shall, at
the prisoner's request, be furnished with an adequate nourishing lunch to
carry to work, and the Sheriff shall charge the prisoner's account, if the
prisoner has one, for such board.
If the prisoner is gainfully self-employed, the prisoner shall pay the
Sheriff for such board, in default of which his privilege under § 303.08(4),
Wis. Stats., is automatically forfeited.
If the jail food is furnished directly by the County, the Sheriff shall
account for and pay over such board payments to the County Treasurer.
[Adopted 2-18-1997 by Ord. No. 34]
No one shall possess, distribute or use lit smoking materials while
in the jail located in the Grant County Sheriff's Department. The term "smoking
materials" includes but is not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipes, tobacco,
matches or lighters. Said lit smoking materials shall be considered prohibited
contraband in the Grant County Jail.
A.
Any person who willfully violates this article by carrying,
possessing or distributing a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or any other lighted
smoking equipment in the Grant County Jail after being advised by an employee
of the Grant County Jail/Sheriff's Department that smoking is prohibited in
the jail shall forfeit not more than $10 for each violation upon conviction
of a violation of this article. Failure to pay said forfeiture within 60 days
of conviction of said violation of this article can result in contempt proceedings
being brought against the violator.[1]
B.
Any inmate of the Grant County Jail who is found possessing,
using or distributing an unlit lighter, unlit matches, unlit cigarette, unlit
cigar, unlit pipe or other unlit smoking materials in the Grant County Jail
in violation of jail rules can be subject to discipline set forth in § DOC
350.15, Wis. Adm. Code, said discipline to be carried out by the individuals
authorized in § DOC 350.15.
C.
Legal action for possessing lit smoking materials shall
be initiated against a violator by the issuance of a citation by an employee
of the Grant County Sheriff's Department for possessing a lit cigarette, cigar,
pipe or other smoking materials. Any citation issued shall contain all of
the information required by § 66.0113, Wis. Stats. The cash deposit
which can be posted for a violation of this article is the sum of $10. The
cash deposit shall be paid to the Clerk of Circuit Court for Grant County,
and the Clerk of Circuit Court shall issue receipts for said cash deposits.[2]
D.
The Grant County Corporation Counsel is also authorized
to commence an action in any court with jurisdiction to enjoin repeated violations
of this article. The Corporation Counsel shall prosecute the above violations
of this article when the same involve possession of lit smoking materials
in the Grant County Jail.
