301.325

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301.325 Prisoner reimbursement to the state. The department may charge a prisoner for some or all of the costs to the department of the prisoner’s incarceration. The department may collect from the inmate during his or her incarceration or after his or her release or both. Upon the request of the department, the attorney general may bring a civil action to recover costs under this section that the department has been unable to collect. The department may not recover under this section for any costs already recovered as otherwise provided in chs. 301 to 303.The department shall promulgate rules providing a method of charging under this section that is based on a prisoner’s ability to pay and providing procedures for collection of the costs.