Caldwell v. Percy

I agree with the majority that persons committed under ch. 975, Stats., may be transferred to a correctional institution.

The additional consequence of the majority opinion is that all persons committed under ch. 975, Stats., whether or not they are treatable or have rejected treatment or should never have been committed, must somehow be treated after their transfer to a correctional institution. I do not accept that construction of sec. 975.08.

It is possible that a person committed under ch. 975, Stats., will prove to be untreatable or to have reached the point where further treatment is not…