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WI AB733

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Christian Phelps

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Corrections and county sheriffs to provide recreational opportunities and structured programming (including academic instruction, vocational training, career development, work experience, reentry planning, faith-based activities, behavioral health, health and wellness, technology literacy, and social-cultural enrichment) to inmates

  • When staffing levels are at or above 80%, inmates must receive at least 35 hours per week (averaging 5 hours daily) for recreation and programming; when staffing falls below 80%, the minimum drops to 21 hours per week (averaging 3 hours daily)

  • Of the weekly hours, inmates must receive at least 7 hours for recreation and at least 14 hours for structured programming, with at least 5 of those programming hours in activities other than work experience

  • For county jail inmates, requirements phase in gradually: no mandated hours for days 1-30, at least 10 hours per week for days 31-90, and full requirements beginning on day 91 of confinement

  • Recreation and programming privileges may be denied for up to 10 consecutive days if an inmate is subject to a lockdown or held in solitary confinement

Legislative Description

Recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction. (FE)

Last Action

Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor

1/21/2026

Committee Referrals

Corrections12/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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