946.45 Negligently allowing escape.
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946.45 Negligently allowing escape.
(1)Any officer or employee of an institution where prisoners are detained who, through his or her neglect of duty, allows a prisoner in his or her custody to escape is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(2)In this section:
(a)“Custody” has the meaning designated in s. 946.42
(a).
(b)“Escape” has the meaning designated in s. 946.42
(b).
(c)“Institution” includes a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02
(10p), a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02
(15g), and a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02
(19r).
(d)“Prisoner” includes a person who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.34
(4h), who is placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.183 , 938.34
(4m)or 938.357
(4)or
(e), or who is placed in a Type 2 residential care center for children and youth under s. 938.34
(4d).