Section 96.01. Purpose and authority.

  Persons who have been committed to the department under ch. 975 , Stats. , may, with the approval of the department, waive the good time credit they have received toward a reduction of their maximum length of stay at the institution or, if they are not credited with good time, their entitlement under s. 302.11 and 975.12 (2) , Stats., to mandatory release. This chapter establishes conditions and procedures for forensic patients who want to waive good time or mandatory release, and thereby remain longer at the institution, and contains the criteria which the department is to use in agreeing to waivers by patients. The chapter is promulgated under the authority granted to the department by ss. 302.11 (8) and 227.11 , Stats.