302.11 Mandatory release.

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(1)The warden or superintendent shall keep a record of the conduct of each inmate, specifying each infraction of the rules. Except as provided in subs.

(1g),

(1m),

(1q),

(1z), and

(7), each inmate is entitled to mandatory release on parole by the department. The mandatory release date is established at two-thirds of the sentence. Any calculations under this subsection or sub.

(b)or

(b)resulting in fractions of a day shall be rounded in the inmate’s favor to a whole day.

(a)In this subsection, “serious felony” means any of the following:

1. Any felony under s. 961.41

(1),

(1m)or

(1x)if the felony is punishable by a maximum prison term of 30 years or more.

2. Any felony under s. 940.09

(1), 1999 stats., s. 943.23

(1m), 1999 stats., s. 948.35

(b)or

(c), 1999 stats., s. 948.36 , 1999 stats., s. 943.23

(1g), 2021 stats., s. 940.19

(5), 2023 stats., s. 940.195

(5), 2023 stats., or s. 940.198

(2), 2023 stats., or s. 940.02 , 940.03 , 940.05 , 940.09

(1c), 940.21 , 940.225

(1)or

(2), 940.305

(2), 940.31

(1)or

(b), 940.60

(b), 940.65

(b), 940.66

(2), 943.02 , 943.10

(2), 943.231

(1), 943.32

(2), 946.43

(1m), 948.02

(1)or

(2), 948.025 , 948.03

(a)or

(c)or

(a)1. , 2. , 3. , or 4. , 948.05 , 948.06 , 948.07 , 948.072 , 948.08 , or 948.30

(2).

3. The solicitation, conspiracy or attempt, under s. 939.30 , 939.31 or 939.32 , to commit a Class A felony.

(am)The mandatory release date established in sub.

(1)is a presumptive mandatory release date for an inmate who is serving a sentence for a serious felony committed on or after April 21, 1994, but before December 31, 1999.

(b)Before an incarcerated inmate with a presumptive mandatory release date reaches the presumptive mandatory release date specified under par.

(am), the parole commission shall proceed under s. 304.06

(1)to consider whether to deny presumptive mandatory release to the inmate. If the parole commission does not deny presumptive mandatory release, the inmate shall be released on parole. The parole commission may deny presumptive mandatory release to an inmate only on one or more of the following grounds:

1. Protection of the public.

2. Refusal by the inmate to participate in counseling or treatment that the social service and clinical staff of the institution determines is necessary for the inmate, including pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen if the inmate is a serious child sex offender as defined in s. 304.06

(a). The parole commission may not deny presumptive mandatory release to an inmate because of the inmate’s refusal to participate in a rehabilitation program under s. 301.047 .

(c)If the parole commission denies presumptive mandatory release to an inmate under par.

(b), the parole commission shall schedule regular reviews of the inmate’s case to consider whether to parole the inmate under s. 304.06

(1).

(d)An inmate may seek review of a decision by the parole commission relating to the denial of presumptive mandatory release only by the common law writ of certiorari.