Wisconsin · Wisconsin Statutes — Criminal Procedure (Ch. 967–975)
Wis. Stat. (Crim. Proc.) § 973.03: 2, if a statute authorizes imprisonment for its violation but does not prescribe the place of imprisonment, a sentence of less than one year shall be to the county jail, a sentence of more than one year shall be to the Wisconsin state prisons and the minimum under the indeterminate sentence law shal
What this law says, in plain English
This statute prescribes where defendants serve sentences based on length: sentences under one year go to county jail, sentences over one year go to Wisconsin state prisons, and sentences of exactly one year may go to either facility.
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