Section 306.05. Protective confinement.  


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  • (1)  The security director may place an inmate in protective confinement if one of the following exist:
    (a) The inmate requests the placement in writing.
    (b) The security director is satisfied that the placement is necessary for the safety and welfare of the inmate.
    (2)  An inmate shall remain in protective confinement unless the security director determines that the conditions which warranted protective confinement no longer exist and approves release.
    (3)  The department shall consider an inmate in protective confinement to be in maximum custody as defined in ch. DOC 302 .
    (4)
    (a) Inmates in protective confinement shall have privileges and property at least equivalent to privileges and property allowed to inmates in disciplinary separation under s. DOC 303.73 .
    (b) Additional privileges and property as determined by what is ordinarily allowed inmates by the rules governing the location of the unit in which the inmate is protectively confined.
    (5)  The security director shall review placements in protective confinement at least every 90 days.