AB 860 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: written resource guides informing inmates and juveniles in custody of their rights and making an appropriation. (FE)

AB 860 requires state and county correctional facilities to provide written guides detailing inmates' and juveniles' rights, updated annually or after legal changes. These guides must account for individual circumstances like confinement status and location, and be posted throughout facilities, provided upon entry or transfer, and explained by staff to all affected individuals. The bill appropriates $200,000 for the Department of Administration to contract with legal organizations - including formerly incarcerated individuals - to develop these guides by June 2027. The law takes effect July 1, 2027, directly affecting all inmates in state prisons, county jails, and juveniles in youth facilities across Wisconsin.
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Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
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Introduced by Representatives Madison, Haywood, Rivera-Wagner, Clancy, Arney, Hong, Phelps, Tenorio, Bare, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Joers, Ortiz-Velez, Prado, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud and Udell; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Larson and Spreitzer
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