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This bill establishes mandatory bathing standards for inmates in Wisconsin's state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction. Specifically, the bill requires both the Department of Corrections (for state institutions) and county sheriffs (for county jails) to provide each inmate with a minimum of four bathing periods per week. During each bathing period, inmates must be guaranteed at least 10 minutes of access to heated running water and a total of 15 minutes for the entire bathing process. This legislation aims to ensure basic hygiene standards and dignity for incarcerated individuals by standardizing bathing opportunities across state and county correctional facilities. The bill creates a new statute (302.072) to codify these requirements, applying uniformly to both state and county correctional institutions.

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb714