RCW 72.02.100 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 02 / Section 100
RCW 72.02.100: Earnings, clothing, transportation, subsistence payments, and rental vouchers upon release of certain prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person serving a sentence for a term of confinement in a state correctional facility, pursuant to court commitment, who is thereafter released upon an order of parole of the indeterminate sentence review board, or who is discharged from custody upon expiration of sentence, or who is ordered discharged from custody by a court of appropriate jurisdiction, shall be entitled to retain his or her earnings from labor or employment while in confinement and shall be supplied by the superintendent of the state correctional facility with suitable and presentable clothing, the sum of no less than $40 for subsistence, and transportation by the method of public transportation to the person's place of residence or the place designated in the person's reentry plan, or to the place from which committed if such person is being discharged on expiration of sentence, or discharged from custody by a court of appropriate jurisdiction: PROVIDED, That up to an additional $60 may be made available to the parolee for necessary personal and living expenses upon application to and approval by such person's community corrections officer. Public transportation provided by the department of corrections for a person unconditionally released or discharged by the department shall be limited to a location within the state, unless the person is subject to the interstate compact for adult offender supervision under RCW 9.94A.745 , subject to an out-of-state warrant or detainer under chapter 9.100 RCW, subject to a demand for extradition under chapter 10.88 RCW, or subject to any other agreement between the state and another state or the state and the federal government. If in the opinion of the superintendent suitable arrangements have been made to provide the person to be released with suitable clothing and/or the expenses of transportation, the superintendent may consent to such arrangement. The superintendent reserves the right to review and make a determination whether to approve or deny any transportation expenses intended for one individual to ensure appropriate use of state funds and that the request is reasonable. If the superintendent has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be released has ample funds, with the exception of earnings from labor or employment while in confinement, to assume the expenses of clothing, transportation, or the expenses for which payments made pursuant to this section or RCW 72.02.110 or any one or more of such expenses, the person released shall be required to assume such expenses. If the department of corrections has made arrangements with a partnering nonprofit organization that will support the individual's reentry into the community, the department shall make a reasonable effort to coordinate the timing of the individual's release from the department's custody, including the timing of transportation to the person's place of residence or place from which discharged from custody. (2)(a) The same requirements of subsection (1) of this section shall apply to any person who is serving a sentence for a term of confinement in a state correctional facility and is: (i) Transferred to community custody under the supervision of the department of corrections pursuant to RCW 9.94A.501 , or in lieu of earned release time under RCW 9.94A.729 ; (ii) Transferred from a department correctional facility to partial confinement as home detention in the community as part of the graduated reentry program under RCW 9.94A.733 or the parenting program under RCW 9.94A.6551 ; (iii) Transferred from a department correctional facility to partial confinement in lieu of earned early release under RCW 9.94A.729 , or as part of the work release program under chapter 72.65 RCW; or (iv) Conditionally released by the indeterminate sentence review board with conditions of community custody under the supervision of the department pursuant to RCW 9.95.011 , 9.95.420 , 9.94A.730 , or 10.95.030 . (b) The items and arrangements to be supplied by the superintendent of the state correctional facility under this subsection must be provided at the moment of the person's transfer from total confinement to partial confinement, or transfer from total confinement to community custody. (3)(a) The department of corrections may only provide the funds for subsistence required by subsection (1) or (2) of this section one time to any person serving a sentence for a term of confinement in a state correctional facility. (b) Any funds for subsistence provided to a person under this section shall not be subject to any deductions required under RCW 72.09.480 or chapter 72.11 RCW. (4)(a) The department of corrections may provide temporary housing assistance for a person being released from any state correctional facility through the use of rental vouchers, for a period not to exceed six months, if the department finds that such assistance will support the person's release into the community by preventing housing instability or homelessness. The department's authority to provide vouchers under this section is independent of its authority under RCW 9.94A.729 ; however, a person may not receive a combined total of rental vouchers in excess of six months for each release from a state correctional facility. (b) The department shall establish policies for prioritizing funds available for housing vouchers under this section for persons at risk of releasing homeless or becoming homeless without assistance while taking into account risk to reoffend. (5) By December 1, 2026, and by December 1 [1st] every year thereafter, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , the department shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature on: (a) The number of individuals who were provided transportation pursuant to this section during the previous year where the cost of the transportation exceeded $100; and (b) Where the cost of the transportation provided to an individual exceeded $100, the method of transportation used and whether the department made arrangements with a partnering nonprofit organization to coordinate the timing of the individual's release from the department's custody.
RCW 72.09.200 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 200
RCW 72.09.200: Transfer of files, property, and appropriations.
Status: in_force

All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, and other writings in the possession of the department of social and health services pertaining to the functions transferred by RCW 72.09.040 shall be delivered to the custody of the department of corrections. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor vehicles, and other tangible property employed exclusively in carrying out the powers and duties transferred by RCW 72.09.040 shall be made available to the department of corrections. All funds, credits, or other assets held in connection with the functions transferred by RCW 72.09.040 shall be assigned to the department of corrections. Any appropriations made to the department of social and health services for the purpose of carrying out the powers, duties, and functions transferred by RCW 72.09.040 shall on July 1, 1981, be transferred and credited to the department of corrections for the purpose of carrying out the transferred powers, duties, and functions. Whenever any question arises as to the transfer of any funds including unexpended balances within any accounts, books, documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties and functions transferred under RCW 72.09.040 , the director of financial management shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned. If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers authorized in this section, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification.
RCW 72.02.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 02 / Section 040
RCW 72.02.040: Secretary acting for department exercises powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The secretary of corrections acting for the department of corrections shall exercise all powers and perform all duties prescribed by law with respect to the administration of any adult correctional program by the department of corrections.
RCW 72.06.050 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 06 / Section 050
RCW 72.06.050: Mental health—Dissemination of information and advice by department.
Status: in_force

The department shall cooperate with other departments of state government and its political subdivisions in the following manner: (1) By disseminating educational information relating to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. (2) Upon request therefor, by advising public officers, organizations and agencies interested in the mental health of the people of the state.
RCW 72.40.080 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 40 / Section 080
RCW 72.40.080: Duty of parents.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the parents or the guardians of all such visually or hearing impaired youth to send them each year to the proper school. Full and due consideration shall be given to the parent's or guardian's preference as to which program the child should attend. The educational service district superintendent shall take all action necessary to enforce this section.
RCW 72.09.770 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 770
RCW 72.09.770: Unexpected fatality review—Records—Discovery.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The department shall conduct an unexpected fatality review in any case in which the death of an incarcerated individual is unexpected, or any case identified by the office of the corrections ombuds for review. (b) The department shall convene an unexpected fatality review team and determine the membership of the review team. The team shall comprise of individuals with appropriate expertise including, but not limited to, individuals whose professional expertise is pertinent to the dynamics of the case. The unexpected fatality review team shall include the office of the corrections ombuds or the ombuds' designee, and a representative from the department of health. The department shall ensure that the unexpected fatality review team is made up of individuals who had no previous involvement in the case. (c) The primary purpose of the unexpected fatality review shall be the development of recommendations to the department and legislature regarding changes in practices or policies to prevent fatalities and strengthen safety and health protections for prisoners in the custody of the department. (d) Upon conclusion of an unexpected fatality review required pursuant to this section, the department shall, within 120 days following the fatality, issue a report on the results of the review, unless an extension has been granted by the governor. Reports must be distributed to the appropriate committees of the legislature, and the department shall create a public website where all unexpected fatality review reports required under this section must be posted and maintained. An unexpected fatality review report completed pursuant to this section is subject to public disclosure and must be posted on the public website, except that confidential information may be redacted by the department consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal laws. (e) Within 10 days of completion of an unexpected fatality review under this section, the department shall develop an associated corrective action plan to implement any recommendations made by the review team in the unexpected fatality review report. Corrective action plans shall be implemented within 120 days, unless an extension has been granted by the governor. Corrective action plans are subject to public disclosure, and must be posted on the department's website in accordance with (d) of this subsection, except that confidential information may be redacted by the department consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal laws. (f) The department shall develop and implement procedures to carry out the requirements of this section. (2) In any review of an unexpected fatality, the department and the unexpected fatality review team shall have access to all records and files regarding the person or otherwise relevant to the review that have been produced or retained by the agency. (3)(a) An unexpected fatality review completed pursuant to this section is subject to discovery in a civil or administrative proceeding, but may not be admitted into evidence or otherwise used in a civil or administrative proceeding except pursuant to this section. (b) A department employee responsible for conducting an unexpected fatality review, or member of an unexpected fatality review team, may not be examined in a civil or administrative proceeding regarding: (i) The work of the unexpected fatality review team; (ii) the incident under review; (iii) his or her statements, deliberations, thoughts, analyses, or impressions relating to the work of the unexpected fatality review team or the incident under review; or (iv) the statements, deliberations, thoughts, analyses, or impressions of any other member of the unexpected fatality review team, or any person who provided information to the unexpected fatality review team relating to the work of the unexpected fatality review team or the incident under review. (c) Documents prepared by or for an unexpected fatality review team are inadmissible and may not be used in a civil or administrative proceeding, except that any document that exists before its use or consideration in an unexpected fatality review, or that is created independently of such review, does not become inadmissible merely because it is reviewed or used by an unexpected fatality review team. A person is not unavailable as a witness merely because the person has been interviewed by, or has provided a statement for, an unexpected fatality review, but if the person is called as a witness, the person may not be examined regarding the person's interactions with the unexpected fatality review including, without limitation, whether the person was interviewed during such review, the questions that were asked during such review, and the answers that the person provided during such review. This section may not be construed as restricting the person from testifying fully in any proceeding regarding his or her knowledge of the incident under review. (d) The restrictions set forth in this section do not apply in a licensing or disciplinary proceeding arising from an agency's effort to revoke or suspend the license of any licensed professional based in whole or in part upon allegations of wrongdoing in connection with an unexpected fatality reviewed by an unexpected fatality review team. (4) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Unexpected fatality review" means a review of any death that was not the result of a diagnosed or documented terminal illness or other debilitating or deteriorating illness or condition where the death was anticipated, and includes the death of any person under the jurisdiction of the department, regardless of where the death actually occurred. A review must include an analysis of the root cause or causes of the unexpected fatality, and an associated corrective action plan for the department to address identified root causes and recommendations made by the unexpected fatality review team under this section. (b) "Jurisdiction of the department" does not include persons on community custody under the supervision of the department.
RCW 72.36.1601 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 36 / Section 1601
RCW 72.36.1601: Findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that continued operation of state veterans' homes is necessary to meet the needs of eligible veterans for shelter, personal and nursing care, and related services; that certain residents of veterans' homes or services provided to them may be eligible for participation in the state's medicaid reimbursement system; and that authorizing medicaid participation is appropriate to address the homes' long-term funding needs. The legislature also finds that it is important to maintain the dignity and self-respect of residents of veterans' homes, by providing for continued resident involvement in the homes' operation, and through retention of current law guaranteeing a minimum amount of allowable personal income necessary to meet the greater costs for these residents of transportation, communication, and participation in family and community activities that are vitally important to their maintenance and rehabilitation.
RCW 72.66.016 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 66 / Section 016
RCW 72.66.016: Minimum time served requirement.
Status: in_force

(1) A furlough shall not be granted to a resident if the furlough would commence prior to the time the resident has served the minimum amounts of time provided under this section: (a) If his or her minimum term of imprisonment is longer than twelve months, he or she shall have served at least six months of the term; (b) If his or her minimum term of imprisonment is less than twelve months, he or she shall have served at least ninety days and shall have no longer than six months left to serve on his or her minimum term; (c) If he or she is serving a mandatory minimum term of confinement, he or she shall have served all but the last six months of such term. (2) A person convicted and sentenced for a violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 is not eligible for furlough until the person has served at least one-half of the minimum term.
RCW 72.65.050 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 65 / Section 050
RCW 72.65.050: Disposition of earnings.
Status: in_force

A prisoner employed under a work release plan shall surrender to the secretary, or to the superintendent of such state correctional institution as shall be designated by the secretary in the plan, his or her total earnings, less payroll deductions required by law, or such payroll deductions as may reasonably be required by the nature of the employment and less such amount which his or her work release plan specifies he or she should retain to help meet his or her personal needs, including costs necessary for his or her participation in the work release plan such as expenses for travel, meals, clothing, tools and other incidentals. The secretary, or the superintendent of the state correctional institution designated in the work release plan shall deduct from such earnings, and make payments from such work release participant's earnings in the following order of priority: (1) Reimbursement to the department for any expenses advanced for vocational training pursuant to RCW 72.65.020 (2), or for expenses incident to a work release plan pursuant to RCW 72.65.090 . (2) Payment of board and room charges for the work release participant: PROVIDED, That if the participant is housed at a state correctional institution, the average daily per capita cost for the operation of such correctional institution, excluding capital outlay expenditures, shall be paid from the work release participant's earnings to the general fund of the state treasury: PROVIDED FURTHER, That if such work release participant is housed in another facility pursuant to agreement, then the charges agreed to between the department and the appropriate authorities of such facility shall be paid from the participant's earnings to such appropriate authorities. (3) Payments for the necessary support of the work release participant's dependents, if any. (4) Ten percent for payment of legal financial obligations for all work release participants who have legal financial obligations owing in any Washington state superior court. (5) Payments to creditors of the work release participant, which may be made at his or her discretion and request, upon proper proof of personal indebtedness. (6) Payments to the work release participant himself or herself upon parole or discharge, or for deposit in his or her personal account if returned to a state correctional institution for confinement and treatment.
RCW 72.36.037 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 36 / Section 037
RCW 72.36.037: Resident rights.
Status: in_force

Chapter 70.129 RCW applies to this chapter and persons regulated under this chapter.
RCW 72.09.720 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 720
RCW 72.09.720: Prisoner escape, release, or furlough—Consequences of failure to notify.
Status: in_force

Civil liability shall not result from failure to provide notice required under RCW 72.09.712 through 72.09.718 , 9.94A.030 , and 43.43.745 unless the failure is the result of gross negligence.
RCW 72.05.210 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 05 / Section 210
RCW 72.05.210: Juvenile court law—Applicability—Synonymous terms.
Status: in_force

RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210 shall be construed in connection with and supplemental to the juvenile court law as embraced in chapter 13.04 RCW. Process, procedure, probation by the court prior to commitment, and commitment shall be as provided therein. The terms "delinquency", "delinquent" and "delinquent children" as used and applied in the juvenile court law and the terms "behavior problems" and "children with behavior problems" as used in RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210 are synonymous and interchangeable.(1) The department of natural resources and the commission shall have authority to negotiate sales to the commission, for park and outdoor recreation purposes, of trust lands at fair market value. (2) The department of natural resources and the commission shall negotiate a sale to the commission of the lands and timber thereon identified in the joint study under section 4, chapter 163, Laws of 1985, and commonly referred to as the Point Lawrence trust property, San Juan county — on the extreme east point of Orcas Island. Timber conservation and management practices provided for in RCW 79A.05.035 and 79A.05.305 shall govern the management of land and timber transferred under this subsection as of the effective date of the transfer, upon payment for the property, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as restricting or otherwise modifying the department of natural resources' management, control, or use of such land and timber until such date.
RCW 72.76.030 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 76 / Section 030
RCW 72.76.030: Contracts authorized for implementation of participation—Application of chapter.
Status: in_force

The secretary is empowered to enter into contracts on behalf of this state on the terms and conditions as may be appropriate to implement the participation of the department in the Washington intrastate corrections compact under RCW 72.76.010 (2). Nothing in this chapter is intended to create any right or entitlement in any offender transferred or housed under the authority granted in this chapter. The failure of the department or the county to comply with any provision of this chapter as to any particular offender or transfer shall not invalidate the transfer nor give rise to any right for such offender.
RCW 72.64.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 64 / Section 010
RCW 72.64.010: Useful employment of prisoners—Contract system barred.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty to provide for the useful employment of prisoners in the adult correctional institutions: PROVIDED, That no prisoners shall be employed in what is known as the contract system of labor.
RCW 72.09.902 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 902
RCW 72.09.902: Construction—1981 c 136.
Status: in_force

All references to the department or secretary of social and health services in other chapters of the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed as meaning the department or secretary of corrections when referring to the functions established by this chapter.
RCW 72.66.036 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 66 / Section 036
RCW 72.66.036: Furlough duration—Extension.
Status: in_force

(1) The furlough or furloughs granted to any one resident, excluding furloughs for medical care, may not exceed thirty consecutive days or a total of sixty days during a calendar year. (2) Absent unusual circumstances, each first furlough and each second furlough granted to a resident shall not exceed a period of five days and each emergency furlough shall not exceed forty-eight hours plus travel time. (3) A furlough may be extended within the maximum time periods prescribed under this section.
RCW 72.70.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 70 / Section 010
RCW 72.70.010: Compact enacted—Provisions.
Status: in_force

The Western Interstate Corrections Compact as contained herein is hereby enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with any and all other states legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: WESTERN INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT ARTICLE I — Purpose and Policy The party states, desiring by common action to improve their institutional facilities and provide programs of sufficiently high quality for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders. ARTICLE II — Definitions As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "State" means a state of the United States, or, subject to the limitation contained in Article VII, Guam. (b) "Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction was had. (c) "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction was had. (d) "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is under sentence to or confined in a prison or other correctional institution. (e) "Institution" means any prison, reformatory or other correctional facility except facilities for persons suffering from mental illness or persons with disabilities in which inmates may lawfully be confined. ARTICLE III — Contracts (a) Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for: 1. Its duration. 2. Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance. 3. Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom. 4. Delivery and retaking of inmates. 5. Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities and rights of the sending and receiving states. (b) Prior to the construction or completion of construction of any institution or addition thereto by a party state, any other party state or states may contract therewith for the enlargement of the planned capacity of the institution or addition thereto, or for the inclusion therein of particular equipment or structures, and for the reservation of a specific percentum of the capacity of the institution to be kept available for use by inmates of the sending state or states so contracting. Any sending state so contracting may, to the extent that moneys are legally available therefor, pay to the receiving state, a reasonable sum as consideration for such enlargement of capacity, or provision of equipment or structures, and reservation of capacity. Such payment may be in a lump sum or in installments as provided in the contract. (c) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract entered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto, and nothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent therewith. ARTICLE IV — Procedures and Rights (a) Whenever the duly constituted judicial or administrative authorities in a state party to this compact, and which has entered into a contract pursuant to Article III, shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is necessary in order to provide adequate quarters and care or desirable in order to provide an appropriate program of rehabilitation or treatment, said officials may direct that the confinement be within an institution within the territory of said other party state, the receiving state to act in that regard solely as agent for the sending state. (b) The appropriate officials of any state party to this compact shall have access, at all reasonable times, to any institution in which it has a contractual right to confine inmates for the purpose of inspecting the facilities thereof and visiting such of its inmates as may be confined in the institution. (c) Inmates confined in an institution pursuant to the terms of this compact shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and may at any time be removed therefrom for transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending state, for transfer to another institution in which the sending state may have a contractual or other right to confine inmates, for release on probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other purpose permitted by the laws of the sending state; provided that the sending state shall continue to be obligated to such payments as may be required pursuant to the terms of any contract entered into under the terms of Article III. (d) Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to each sending state on the inmates of that sending state in institutions pursuant to this compact including a conduct record of each inmate and certify said record to the official designated by the sending state, in order that each inmate may have the benefit of his or her record in determining and altering the disposition of said inmate in accordance with the law which may obtain in the sending state and in order that the same may be a source of information for the sending state. (e) All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant to the provisions of this compact shall be treated in a reasonable and humane manner and shall be cared for and treated equally with such similar inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the same institution. The fact of confinement in a receiving state shall not deprive any inmate so confined of any legal rights which said inmate would have had if confined in an appropriate institution of the sending state. (f) Any hearing or hearings to which an inmate confined pursuant to this compact may be entitled by the laws of the sending state may be had before the appropriate authorities of the sending state, or of the receiving state if authorized by the sending state. The receiving state shall provide adequate facilities for such hearings as may be conducted by the appropriate officials of a sending state. In the event such hearing or hearings are had before officials of the receiving state, the governing law shall be that of the sending state and a record of the hearing or hearings as prescribed by the sending state shall be made. Said record together with any recommendations of the hearing officials shall be transmitted forthwith to the official or officials before whom the hearing would have been had if it had taken place in the sending state. In any and all proceedings had pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, the officials of the receiving state shall act solely as agents of the sending state and no final determination shall be made in any matter except by the appropriate officials of the sending state. Costs of records made pursuant to this subdivision shall be borne by the sending state. (g) Any inmate confined pursuant to this compact shall be released within the territory of the sending state unless the inmate, and the sending and receiving states, shall agree upon release in some other place. The sending state shall bear the cost of such return to its territory. (h) Any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact shall have any and all rights to participate in and derive any benefits or incur or be relieved of any obligations or have such obligations modified or his status changed on account of any action or proceeding in which he could have participated if confined in any appropriate institution of the sending state located within such state. (i) The parent, guardian, trustee, or other person or persons entitled under the laws of the sending state to act for, advise, or otherwise function with respect to any inmate shall not be deprived of or restricted in his exercise of any power in respect of any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact. ARTICLE V — Acts Not Reviewable In Receiving State; Extradition (a) Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but if at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an institution in the receiving state there is pending against the inmate within such state any criminal charge or if the inmate is suspected of having committed within such state a criminal offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment or detention for such offense. The duly accredited officers of the sending state shall be permitted to transport inmates pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this compact without interference. (b) An inmate who escapes from an institution in which he is confined pursuant to this compact shall be deemed a fugitive from the sending state and from the state in which the institution is situated. In the case of an escape to a jurisdiction other than the sending or receiving state, the responsibility for institution of extradition proceedings shall be that of the sending state, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent or affect the activities of officers and agencies of any jurisdiction directed toward the apprehension and return of an escapee. ARTICLE VI — Federal Aid Any state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use in connection with an institution or program, the use of which is or may be affected by this compact or any contract pursuant thereto and any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compact may participate in any such federally aided program or activity for which the sending and receiving states have made contractual provision; provided that if such program or activity is not part of the customary correctional regimen the express consent of the appropriate official of the sending state shall be required therefor. ARTICLE VII — Entry Into Force This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the states so acting when it has been enacted into law by any two contiguous states from among the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. For the purposes of this article, Alaska and Hawaii shall be deemed contiguous to each other; to any and all of the states of California, Oregon and Washington; and to Guam. Thereafter, this compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding as to any other of said states, or any other state contiguous to at least one party state upon similar action by such state. Guam may become party to this compact by taking action similar to that provided for joinder by any other eligible party state and upon the consent of Congress to such joinder. For the purposes of this article, Guam shall be deemed contiguous to Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon and Washington. ARTICLE VIII — Withdrawal and Termination This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a party state until it shall have enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party states. An actual withdrawal shall not take effect until two years after the notices provided in said statute have been sent. Such withdrawal shall not relieve the withdrawing state from its obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal. Before the effective date of withdrawal, a withdrawing state shall remove to its territory, at its own expense, such inmates as it may have confined pursuant to the provisions of this compact. ARTICLE IX — Other Arrangements Unaffected Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or impair any agreement or other arrangement which a party state may have with a non-party state for the confinement, rehabilitation or treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a party state authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements. ARTICLE X — Construction and Severability The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
RCW 72.42.015 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 42 / Section 015
RCW 72.42.015: "Director" defined.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise as used in this chapter "director" means the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth.
RCW 79A.05.150 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 05 / Section 150
RCW 79A.05.150: Plans and specifications.
Status: in_force

If the state parks and recreation commission determines that the proposed improvement will substantially alter a park, parkway, or parkland, it shall require the applicant to submit detailed plans and specifications of the proposed improvement, which, as submitted, or as modified by the state parks and recreation commission, shall be incorporated in the permit when granted.The department shall have power to acquire, establish, maintain, and operate "minimum security" facilities for the care, custody, education, and treatment of children with less serious behavior problems. Such facilities may include parental schools or homes, farm units, and forest camps. Admission to such minimum security facilities shall be by juvenile court commitment or by transfer as herein otherwise provided. In carrying out the purposes of this section, the department may establish or acquire the use of such facilities by gift, purchase, lease, contract, or other arrangement with existing public entities, and to that end the secretary may execute necessary leases, contracts, or other agreements. In establishing forest camps, the department may contract with other divisions of the state and the federal government; including, but not limited to, the department of natural resources, the state parks and recreation commission, the U.S. forest service, and the national park service, on a basis whereby such camps may be made as nearly as possible self-sustaining. Under any such arrangement the contracting agency shall reimburse the department for the value of services which may be rendered by the inmates of a camp.
RCW 72.36.900 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 36 / Section 900
RCW 72.36.900: Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
RCW 72.09.540 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 540
RCW 72.09.540: Inmate name change—Limitations on use—Penalty.
Status: in_force

The department may require an offender who obtains an order under RCW 4.24.130 to use the name under which he or she was committed to the department during all official communications with department personnel and in all matters relating to the offender's incarceration or community supervision. An offender officially communicating with the department may also use his or her new name in addition to the name under which he or she was committed. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
RCW 72.64.100 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 64 / Section 100
RCW 72.64.100: Regional jail camps—Authorized—Purposes—Rules.
Status: in_force

The secretary is authorized to establish and operate regional jail camps for the confinement, treatment, and care of persons sentenced to jail terms in excess of thirty days, including persons so imprisoned as a condition of probation. The secretary shall make rules and regulations governing the eligibility for commitment or transfer to such camps and rules and regulations for the government of such camps. Subject to the rules and regulations of the secretary, and if there is in effect a contract entered into pursuant to RCW 72.64.110 , a county prisoner may be committed to a regional jail camp in lieu of commitment to a county jail or other county detention facility.
RCW 72.64.020 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 64 / Section 020
RCW 72.64.020: Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall make the necessary rules and regulations governing the employment of prisoners, the conduct of all such operations, and the disposal of the products thereof, under such restrictions as provided by law.
RCW 72.09.530 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 530
RCW 72.09.530: Prohibition on receipt or possession of contraband—Rules.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall, in consultation with the attorney general, adopt by rule a uniform policy that prohibits receipt or possession of anything that is determined to be contraband. The rule shall provide consistent maximum protection of legitimate penological interests, including prison security and order and deterrence of criminal activity. The rule shall protect the legitimate interests of the public and inmates in the exchange of ideas. The secretary shall establish a method of reviewing all incoming and outgoing material, consistent with constitutional constraints, for the purpose of confiscating anything determined to be contraband. The secretary shall consult regularly with the committee created under *RCW 72.09.570 on the development of the policy and implementation of the rule.
RCW 72.36.140 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 36 / Section 140
RCW 72.36.140: Medicaid qualifying operations.
Status: in_force

Qualifying operations at state veterans' homes operated by the department of veterans affairs, may be provided under the state's medicaid reimbursement system as administered by the department of social and health services. The department of veterans affairs may contract with the department of social and health services under the authority of RCW 74.09.120 but shall be exempt from *RCW 74.46.660 (6), and the provisions of **RCW 74.46.420 through 74.46.590 shall not apply to the medicaid rate-setting and reimbursement systems. The nursing care operations at the state veterans' homes shall be subject to inspection by the department of social and health services. This includes every part of the state veterans' home's premises, an examination of all records, including financial records, methods of administration, general and special dietary programs, the disbursement of drugs, methods of supply, and any other records the department of social and health services deems relevant.
RCW 72.23.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 010
RCW 72.23.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Court" means the superior court of the state of Washington. (2) "Department" means the department of social and health services. (3) "Employee" means an employee as defined in RCW 49.17.020 . (4) "Licensed physician" means an individual permitted to practice as a physician under the laws of the state, or a medical officer, similarly qualified, of the government of the United States while in this state in performance of his or her official duties. (5) "Mentally ill person" means any person who, pursuant to the definitions contained in RCW 71.05.020 , as a result of a mental disorder presents a likelihood of serious harm to others or himself or herself or is gravely disabled. (6) "Patient" means a person under observation, care, or treatment in a state hospital, or a person found mentally ill by the court, and not discharged from a state hospital, or other facility, to which such person had been ordered hospitalized. (7) "Resident" means a resident of the state of Washington. (8) "Secretary" means the secretary of social and health services. (9) "State hospital" means a hospital designated under RCW 72.23.020 . (10) "Superintendent" means the superintendent of a state hospital. (11) "Violence" or "violent act" means any physical assault or attempted physical assault against an employee or patient of a state hospital. Wherever used in this chapter, the masculine shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural.
RCW 72.09.116 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 116
RCW 72.09.116: Information obtained under RCW 72.09.115 exempt from public disclosure.
Status: in_force

All records, documents, data, and other materials obtained under the requirements of RCW 72.09.115 from an existing correctional industries class I work program participant or an applicant for a proposed new or expanded class I correctional industries work program are exempt from public disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.
RCW 72.65.100 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 65 / Section 100
RCW 72.65.100: Powers and duties of secretary—Rules and regulations—Cooperation of other state agencies directed.
Status: in_force

The secretary is authorized to make rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of this chapter to administer the work release program. In addition, the department shall: (1) Supervise and consult with work release participants; (2) Locate available employment or vocational training opportunities for qualified work release participants; (3) Effect placement of work release participants under the program; (4) Collect, account for and make disbursement from earnings of work release participants under the provisions of this chapter, including accounting for all inmate debt in the community services revolving fund. RCW 9.95.370 applies to inmates assigned to work/training release facilities who receive assistance as provided in RCW 9.95.310 , 9.95.320 , 72.65.050 , and 72.65.090 ; (5) Promote public understanding and acceptance of the work release program. All state agencies shall cooperate with the department in the administration of the work release program as provided by this chapter.
RCW 72.41.030 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 41 / Section 030
RCW 72.41.030: Bylaws—Rules and regulations—Officers.
Status: in_force

Within thirty days of their appointment or July 1, 1973, whichever is sooner, the board of trustees shall organize, adopt bylaws for its own government, and make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter as they deem necessary. At such organizational meeting it shall elect from among its members a chair and a vice chair, each to serve for one year, and annually thereafter shall elect such officers to serve until their successors are appointed or qualified.
RCW 72.09.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 010
RCW 72.09.010: Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature to establish a comprehensive system of corrections for convicted law violators within the state of Washington to accomplish the following objectives. (1) The system should ensure the public safety. The system should be designed and managed to provide the maximum feasible safety for the persons and property of the general public, the staff, and the inmates. (2) The system should punish the offender for violating the laws of the state of Washington. This punishment should generally be limited to the denial of liberty of the offender. (3) The system should positively impact offenders by stressing personal responsibility and accountability and by discouraging recidivism. (4) The system should treat all offenders fairly and equitably without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, residence, or social condition. (5) The system, as much as possible, should reflect the values of the community including: (a) Avoiding idleness. Idleness is not only wasteful but destructive to the individual and to the community. (b) Adoption of the work ethic. It is the community expectation that all individuals should work and through their efforts benefit both themselves and the community. (c) Providing opportunities for self improvement. All individuals should have opportunities to grow and expand their skills and abilities so as to fulfill their role in the community. (d) Linking the receipt or denial of privileges to responsible behavior and accomplishments. The individual who works to improve himself or herself and the community should be rewarded for these efforts. As a corollary, there should be no rewards for no effort. (e) Sharing in the obligations of the community. All citizens, the public and inmates alike, have a personal and fiscal obligation in the corrections system. All communities must share in the responsibility of the corrections system. (6) The system should provide for prudent management of resources. The avoidance of unnecessary or inefficient public expenditures on the part of offenders and the department is essential. Offenders must be accountable to the department, and the department to the public and the legislature. The human and fiscal resources of the community are limited. The management and use of these resources can be enhanced by wise investment, productive programs, the reduction of duplication and waste, and the joining together of all involved parties in a common endeavor. Since most offenders return to the community, it is wise for the state and the communities to make an investment in effective rehabilitation programs for offenders and the wise use of resources. (7) The system should provide for restitution. Those who have damaged others, persons or property, have a responsibility to make restitution for these damages. (8) The system should be accountable to the citizens of the state. In return, the individual citizens and local units of government must meet their responsibilities to make the corrections system effective. (9) The system should meet those national standards which the state determines to be appropriate.
RCW 72.09.337 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 337
RCW 72.09.337: Sex offenders—Rules regarding.
Status: in_force

The secretary of corrections, the secretary of social and health services, the secretary of children, youth, and families, and the indeterminate sentence review board may adopt rules to implement chapter 12, Laws of 2001 2nd sp. sess.
RCW 72.02.270 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 02 / Section 270
RCW 72.02.270: Abused victims—Murder of abuser—Notice of provisions for reduction in sentence.
Status: in_force

The department shall advise all inmates in the department's custody who were convicted of a murder that the inmate committed prior to July 23, 1989, about the provisions in RCW 9.95.045 , 9.95.047 , and 9.94A.890 . The department shall advise the inmates of the method and deadline for submitting petitions to the indeterminate sentence review board for review of the inmate's sentence. The department shall issue the notice to the inmates no later than July 1, 1993.
RCW 72.68.070 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 68 / Section 070
RCW 72.68.070: Contracts with other governmental units for detention of felons convicted in this state—Procedure regarding prisoner when contract expires.
Status: in_force

Upon the expiration of any contract entered into under RCW 72.68.040 through 72.68.070 , all prisoners of this state confined in such institution or jail shall be returned by the superintendent or his or her assistants to a state correctional institution for convicted felons of this state, or delivered to such other institution as the secretary has contracted with under RCW 72.68.040 through 72.68.070 .
RCW 72.41.020 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 41 / Section 020
RCW 72.41.020: Board of trustees—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Officers—Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a board of trustees for the state school for the blind to be composed of a resident from each of the state's congressional districts now or hereafter existing. Trustees with voting privileges shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. A representative of the parent-teachers association of the Washington state school for the blind, a representative of the Washington council of the blind, a representative of the national federation of the blind of Washington, one representative designated by the teacher association of the Washington state school for the blind, and a representative of the classified staff designated by his or her exclusive bargaining representative shall each be ex officio and nonvoting members of the board of trustees and shall serve during their respective tenures in such positions. Trustees shall be appointed by the governor to serve for a term of five years except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of any term shall be appointed within sixty days of the vacancy and appointed only for the remainder of the term. One trustee shall be a resident and qualified elector from each of the state's congressional districts. The board shall not be deemed to be unlawfully constituted and a trustee shall not be deemed ineligible to serve the remainder of the trustee's unexpired term on the board solely by reason of the establishment of new or revised boundaries for congressional districts. No voting trustee may be an employee of the state school for the blind, a member of the board of directors of any school district, a member of the governing board of any public or private educational institution, a school district or educational service district administrator, appointed after July 1, 1986, or an elected officer or member of the legislative authority or any municipal corporation. The board of trustees shall organize itself by electing a chair from its members. The board shall adopt a seal and may adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it deems necessary for its own government. A majority of the voting members of the board in office shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may convene from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner as prescribed in its bylaws, rules, or regulations. The superintendent of the state school for the blind shall serve as, or may designate another person to serve as, the secretary of the board, who shall not be deemed to be a member of the board.
RCW 72.09.381 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 381
RCW 72.09.381: Rule making—Chapter 214, Laws of 1999—Secretary of corrections—Director of health care authority.
Status: in_force

The secretary of the department of corrections and the director of the health care authority shall, in consultation with the behavioral health administrative services organizations, managed care organizations contracted with the health care authority, and provider representatives, each adopt rules as necessary to implement chapter 214, Laws of 1999.
RCW 72.09.312 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 312
RCW 72.09.312: Community custody violations—Data and information—Report to the governor and legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall track and collect data and information on violations of community custody conditions and the sanctions imposed for violations under RCW 9.94A.737 , which includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) The number and types of high level violations and the types of sanctions imposed, including term lengths for confinement sanctions; (b) The number and types of low level violations and the types of sanctions imposed, including nonconfinement sanctions, confinement sanctions, and term lengths for confinement sanctions; (c) The circumstances and frequency at which low level violations are elevated to high level violations under RCW 9.94A.737 (2)(b); (d) The number of warrants issued for violations; (e) The number of violations resulting in confinement under RCW 9.94A.737 (5), including the length of the confinement, the number of times new charges are filed, and the number of times the department received written notice that new charges would not be filed; (f) Trends in the rate of violations, including the rate of all violations, high level violations, and low level violations; and (g) Trends in the rate of confinement, including frequency of confinement sanctions and average stays. (2) The department shall submit a report with a summary of the data and information collected under this section, including statewide and regional trends, to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature by November 1, 2021, and every November 1st of each year thereafter.
RCW 72.23.050 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 050
RCW 72.23.050: Superintendent as witness—Exemptions from military duty.
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall not be required to attend any court as a witness in a civil or juvenile court proceedings, but parties desiring his or her testimony can take and use his or her deposition; nor shall he or she be required to attend as a witness in any criminal case, unless the court before which his or her testimony shall be desired shall, upon being satisfied of the materiality of his or her testimony require his or her attendance; and, in time of peace, he, she, and all other persons employed at the hospital shall be exempt from performing military duty; and the certificate of the superintendent shall be evidence of such employment.
RCW 72.20.060 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 20 / Section 060
RCW 72.20.060: Conditional parole—Apprehension on escape or violation of parole.
Status: in_force

Every girl shall be entitled to a trial on parole before reaching the age of twenty years, such parole to continue for at least one year unless violated. The superintendent and resident physician, with the approval of the secretary, shall determine whether such parole has been violated. Any girl committed to the school who shall escape therefrom, or who shall violate a parole, may be apprehended and returned to the school by any officer or citizen on written order or request of the superintendent.
RCW 72.70.060 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 70 / Section 060
RCW 72.70.060: Secretary may provide clothing, etc., to inmate released in another state.
Status: in_force

If any agreement between this state and any other state party to the Western Interstate Corrections Compact enables the release of an inmate of this state confined in an institution of another state to be released in such other state in accordance with Article IV(g) of this compact, then the secretary is authorized to provide clothing, transportation and funds to such inmate in accordance with the provisions of chapter 72.02 RCW.
RCW 72.01.430 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 430
RCW 72.01.430: Transfer of equipment, supplies, livestock between institutions—Notice—Conditions.
Status: in_force

The secretary, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, is hereby authorized to transfer equipment, livestock and supplies between the several institutions within the department without reimbursement to the transferring institution excepting, however, any such equipment donated by organizations for the sole use of such transferring institutions. Whenever transfers of capital items are made between institutions of the department, notice thereof shall be given to the director of the department of enterprise services accompanied by a full description of such items with inventory numbers, if any.
RCW 72.40.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 40 / Section 040
RCW 72.40.040: Who may be admitted.
Status: in_force

(1) The schools shall be free to residents of the state who are blind/visually impaired or deaf/hearing impaired, or with other disabilities where a vision or hearing disability is the major need for services from age three through the end of the school year in which those students turn 22 years of age. (2) The schools may provide nonresidential services to children ages birth through three who meet the eligibility criteria in this section, subject to available funding. (3) Each school shall admit and retain students on a space available basis according to criteria developed and published by each school superintendent in consultation with each board of trustees and school faculty: PROVIDED, That students who do not meet the admission requirements under subsection (1) of this section and who are otherwise qualified may be retained at the school, if in the discretion of the superintendent in consultation with the faculty they are proper persons to receive further training given at the school and the facilities are adequate for proper care, education, and training. (4) The admission and retention criteria developed and published by each school superintendent shall contain a provision allowing the schools to refuse to admit or retain a student who is an adjudicated sex offender except that the schools shall not admit or retain a student who is an adjudicated level III sex offender as provided in RCW 13.40.217 (3).
RCW 72.68.100 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 68 / Section 100
RCW 72.68.100: Federal prisoners, or from other state or federally recognized tribe—Space must be available.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall not enter into any contract for the care or commitment of any prisoner of the federal government, any federally recognized tribe, or any other state unless there is vacant space and unused facilities in state correctional facilities.
RCW 72.23.200 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 200
RCW 72.23.200: Persons under eighteen—Confinement in adult wards.
Status: in_force

No mentally ill person under the age of sixteen years shall be regularly confined in any ward in any state hospital which ward is designed and operated for the care of the mentally ill eighteen years of age or over. No person of the ages of sixteen and seventeen shall be placed in any such ward, when in the opinion of the superintendent such placement would be detrimental to the mental condition of such a person or would impede his or her recovery or treatment.
RCW 72.40.020 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 40 / Section 020
RCW 72.40.020: State school for the blind—Appointment of superintendent—Qualifications.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint a superintendent for the state school for the blind. The superintendent shall have a master's degree from an accredited college or university in school administration or blind education, five years of experience teaching blind students in the classroom, and three years administrative or supervisory experience in programs for blind students.
RCW 72.78.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 78 / Section 010
RCW 72.78.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) A "community transition coordination network" is a system of coordination that facilitates partnerships between supervision and service providers. It is anticipated that an offender who is released to the community will be able to utilize a community transition coordination network to be connected directly to the supervision and/or services needed for successful reentry. (2) "Evidence-based" means a program or practice that has had multiple-site random controlled trials across heterogeneous populations demonstrating that the program or practice is effective in reducing recidivism for the population. (3) An "individual reentry plan" means the plan to prepare an offender for release into the community. A reentry plan is developed collaboratively between the supervising authority and the offender and based on an assessment of the offender using a standardized and comprehensive tool to identify the offenders' risks and needs. An individual reentry plan describes actions that should occur to prepare individual offenders for release from jail or prison and specifies the supervision and/or services he or she will experience in the community, taking into account no contact provisions of the judgment and sentence. An individual reentry plan should be updated throughout the period of an offender's incarceration and supervision to be relevant to the offender's current needs and risks. (4) "Local community policing and supervision programs" include probation, work release, jails, and other programs operated by local police, courts, or local correctional agencies. (5) "Promising practice" means a practice that presents, based on preliminary information, potential for becoming a research-based or consensus-based practice. (6) "Research-based" means a program or practice that has some research demonstrating effectiveness, but that does not yet meet the standard of evidence-based practices. (7) "Supervising authority" means the agency or entity that has the responsibility for supervising an offender.
RCW 72.36.075 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 36 / Section 075
RCW 72.36.075: Eastern Washington veterans' home.
Status: in_force

There shall be established and maintained in this state a branch of the state soldiers' home, under the name of the "eastern Washington veterans' home," which branch shall be a home for veterans, their spouses, and the parents any of whose children died while serving in the armed forces who meet admission requirements contained in RCW 72.36.030 .
RCW 72.09.350 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 350
RCW 72.09.350: Corrections mental health center—Collaborative arrangement with University of Washington—Services for offenders with mental illness—Annual report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of corrections and the University of Washington may enter into a collaborative arrangement to provide improved services for offenders with mental illness with a focus on prevention, treatment, and reintegration into society. The participants in the collaborative arrangement may develop a strategic plan within sixty days after May 17, 1993, to address the management of offenders with mental illness within the correctional system, facilitating their reentry into the community and the mental health system, and preventing the inappropriate incarceration of individuals with mental illness. The collaborative arrangement may also specify the establishment and maintenance of a corrections mental health center located at McNeil Island corrections center. The collaborative arrangement shall require that an advisory panel of key stakeholders be established and consulted throughout the development and implementation of the center. The stakeholders advisory panel shall include a broad array of interest groups drawn from representatives of mental health, criminal justice, and correctional systems. The stakeholders advisory panel shall include, but is not limited to, membership from: The department of corrections, the department of social and health services, the health care authority, behavioral health administrative services organizations, managed care organizations under chapter 74.09 RCW, local and regional law enforcement agencies, the sentencing guidelines commission, county and city jails, mental health advocacy groups for individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities, the traumatically brain-injured, and the general public. The center established by the department of corrections and University of Washington, in consultation with the stakeholder advisory groups, shall have the authority to: (a) Develop new and innovative treatment approaches for corrections mental health clients; (b) Improve the quality of mental health services within the department and throughout the corrections system; (c) Facilitate mental health staff recruitment and training to meet departmental, county, and municipal needs; (d) Expand research activities within the department in the area of treatment services, the design of delivery systems, the development of organizational models, and training for corrections mental health care professionals; (e) Improve the work environment for correctional employees by developing the skills, knowledge, and understanding of how to work with offenders with special chronic mental health challenges; (f) Establish a more positive rehabilitative environment for offenders; (g) Strengthen multidisciplinary mental health collaboration between the University of Washington, other groups committed to the intent of this section, and the department of corrections; (h) Strengthen department linkages between institutions of higher education, public sector mental health systems, and county and municipal corrections; (i) Assist in the continued formulation of corrections mental health policies; (j) Develop innovative and effective recruitment and training programs for correctional personnel working with offenders with mental illness; (k) Assist in the development of a coordinated continuum of mental health care capable of providing services from corrections entry to community return; and (l) Evaluate all current and innovative approaches developed within this center in terms of their effective and efficient achievement of improved mental health of inmates, development and utilization of personnel, the impact of these approaches on the functioning of correctional institutions, and the relationship of the corrections system to mental health and criminal justice systems. Specific attention should be paid to evaluating the effects of programs on the reintegration of offenders with mental illness into the community and the prevention of inappropriate incarceration of persons with mental illness. (2) The corrections mental health center may conduct research, training, and treatment activities for the offender with mental illness within selected sites operated by the department. The department shall provide support services for the center such as food services, maintenance, perimeter security, classification, offender supervision, and living unit functions. The University of Washington may develop, implement, and evaluate the clinical, treatment, research, and evaluation components of the mentally ill offender center. The institute of for public policy and management may be consulted regarding the development of the center and in the recommendations regarding public policy. As resources permit, training within the center shall be available to state, county, and municipal agencies requiring the services. Other state colleges, state universities, and mental health providers may be involved in activities as required on a subcontract basis. Community mental health organizations, research groups, and community advocacy groups may be critical components of the center's operations and involved as appropriate to annual objectives. Clients with mental illness may be drawn from throughout the department's population and transferred to the center as clinical need, available services, and department jurisdiction permits. (3) The department shall prepare a report of the center's progress toward the attainment of stated goals and provide the report to the legislature annually.
RCW 72.09.095 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 095
RCW 72.09.095: Institutional welfare account—Transfer of funds to department of labor and industries for crime victims' compensation.
Status: in_force

Each year the state treasurer shall transfer 25 percent of the total annual revenues and receipts received in the institutional welfare account, created in RCW 72.09.092 , to the department of labor and industries for the purpose of providing direct benefits to crime victims through the crime victims' compensation program as outlined in chapter 7.68 RCW. For purposes of this section, revenues and receipts exclude those amounts transferred on July 1, 2025, from the incarcerated individual betterment fund established outside the state treasury provided those moneys have already been subject to the 25 percent transfer requirement contained herein. Any funds so transferred to the department of labor and industries shall be in addition to the crime victims' compensation amount provided in an omnibus appropriation bill. It is the intent of the legislature that the funds forecasted or transferred pursuant to this section shall not reduce the funding levels provided by appropriation.
RCW 72.09.490 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 490
RCW 72.09.490: Policy on extended family visitation.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish a uniform policy on the privilege of extended family visitation. Not fewer than sixty days before making any changes in any policy on extended family visitation, the department shall: (a) Notify the appropriate legislative committees of the proposed change; and (b) notify the committee created under *RCW 72.09.570 of the proposed change. The department shall seek the advice of the committee established under *RCW 72.09.570 and other appropriate committees on all proposed changes and shall, before the effective date of any change, offer the committees an opportunity to provide input on proposed changes. (2) In addition to its duties under chapter 34.05 RCW, the department shall provide the committee established under *RCW 72.09.570 and other appropriate committees of the legislature a written copy of any proposed adoption, revision, or repeal of any rule relating to extended family visitation. Except for adoption, revision, or repeal of a rule on an emergency basis, the copy shall be provided not fewer than thirty days before any public hearing scheduled on the rule.
RCW 72.66.014 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 66 / Section 014
RCW 72.66.014: Ineligibility.
Status: in_force

A resident may apply for a furlough if he or she is not precluded from doing so under this section. A resident shall be ineligible to apply for a furlough if: (1) He or she is not classified by the secretary as eligible for or on minimum security status; or (2) His or her minimum term of imprisonment has not been set; or (3) He or she has a valid detainer pending and the agency holding the detainer has not provided written approval for him or her to be placed on a furlough-eligible status. Such written approval may include either specific approval for a particular resident or general approval for a class or group of residents.
RCW 72.09.465 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 465
RCW 72.09.465: Postsecondary degree education programs.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The department may implement postsecondary degree or certificate education programs at state correctional institutions. (b) The department may consider for inclusion in any postsecondary degree or certificate education program, any education program from an accredited community or technical college, college, or university that is limited to no more than a bachelor's degree. Washington state-recognized preapprenticeship programs may also be included as appropriate postsecondary education programs. (2) Incarcerated individuals not meeting the department's priority criteria for the postsecondary degree education program offered by the department or its contracted providers shall be required to pay the costs for participation in a postsecondary education degree program if they elect to participate through self-pay, including costs of books, fees, tuition, or any other appropriate ancillary costs, by one or more of the following means: (a) For a postsecondary degree education program that is eligible for financial aid, the incarcerated individual who is participating in the program may, during confinement, provide the required payment or payments to the school; (b) For a postsecondary degree education program that is not eligible for financial aid, the incarcerated individual who is participating in the program may, during confinement, provide the required payment or payments to the department; or (c) A third party may provide the required payment or payments directly to the department on behalf of an incarcerated individual, and such payments shall not be subject to any of the deductions as provided in this chapter. (3) The department may accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services from any third party, including but not limited to nonprofit entities, and may receive, utilize, and dispose of same to provide postsecondary education to incarcerated individuals. (4) An incarcerated individual may be selected to participate in a state-funded postsecondary degree or certificate education program, based on priority criteria determined by the department, in which the following conditions may be considered: (a) Priority should be given to incarcerated individuals who do not already possess a postsecondary education degree; and (b) Incarcerated individuals with individual reentry plans that include participation in a postsecondary degree or certificate education program that is: (i) Offered at the incarcerated individual's state correctional institution; (ii) Approved by the department as an eligible and effective postsecondary education degree program; and (iii) Limited to a postsecondary degree or certificate program. (5) The department shall work with the college board as defined in RCW 28B.50.030 to develop a plan to assist incarcerated individuals selected to participate in postsecondary degree or certificate programs with filing a free application for federal student aid or the Washington application for state financial aid. (6) Any funds collected by the department under this section shall be used solely for the creation, maintenance, or expansion of postsecondary education degree programs for incarcerated individuals.
RCW 72.09.450 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 450
RCW 72.09.450: Limitation on denial of access to services and supplies—Recoupment of assessments—Collections.
Status: in_force

(1) An inmate shall not be denied access to services or supplies required by state or federal law solely on the basis of his or her inability to pay for them. (2) The department shall record all lawfully authorized assessments for services or supplies as a debt to the department. The department shall recoup the assessments when the inmate's institutional account exceeds the indigency standard, and may pursue other remedies to recoup the assessments after the period of incarceration. (3) The department shall record as a debt any costs assessed by a court against an inmate plaintiff where the state is providing defense pursuant to chapter 4.92 RCW. The department shall recoup the debt when the inmate's institutional account exceeds the indigency standard and may pursue other remedies to recoup the debt after the period of incarceration. (4) In order to maximize the cost-efficient collection of unpaid offender debt existing after the period of an offender's incarceration, the department is authorized to use the following nonexclusive options: (a) Use the collection services available through the department of enterprise services, or (b) notwithstanding any provision of chapter 41.06 RCW, contract with collection agencies for collection of the debts. The costs for enterprise services or collection agency services shall be paid by the debtor. Any contract with a collection agency shall only be awarded after competitive bidding. Factors the department shall consider in awarding a collection contract include but are not limited to a collection agency's history and reputation in the community; and the agency's access to a local database that may increase the efficiency of its collections. The servicing of an unpaid obligation to the department does not constitute assignment of a debt, and no contract with a collection agency may remove the department's control over unpaid obligations owed to the department.
RCW 72.40.0191 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 40 / Section 0191
RCW 72.40.0191: Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—Director's powers and duties.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth: (1) Shall be responsible for the supervision and management of the center, including the *state school for the deaf, and the property of various kinds. The director may designate an individual to oversee the day-to-day operation and supervision of students at the school; (2) Shall employ members of the faculty, administrative officers, and other employees, who shall all be subject to chapter 41.06 RCW, the state civil service law, unless specifically exempted by other provisions of law; (3) Shall provide technical assistance and support as appropriate to local and regional efforts to build critical mass and communication-rich networking opportunities for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families; (4) Shall establish the course of study including vocational training, with the assistance of the faculty and the approval of the board of trustees; (5) Shall, as approved by the board of trustees, control and authorize the use of the facilities for night school, summer school, public meetings, applied research and training for the instruction of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, outreach and support to families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, or other purposes consistent with the purposes of the center; (6) Shall purchase all supplies and lease or purchase equipment and other personal property needed for the operation or maintenance of the center; (7) Shall prepare, submit to the board of trustees for approval, and administer the budget consistent with RCW 43.88.160 and the budget and accounting act, chapter 43.88 RCW generally, as applicable; (8) Shall provide technical assistance and support to educational service districts for the regional delivery of a full range of educational services to students who are deaf or hard of hearing, including but not limited to services relying on American Sign Language, auditory oral education, total communication, and signed exact English; (9) As requested by educational service districts, shall recruit, employ, and deploy itinerant teachers to provide in-district services to children who are deaf or hard of hearing; (10) May establish criteria, in addition to state certification, for the teachers at the school and employees of the center; (11) May establish, with the approval of the board of trustees, new facilities as needs demand; (12) May adopt rules, under chapter 34.05 RCW, as approved by the board of trustees and as deemed necessary for the governance, management, and operation of the center; (13) May adopt rules, as approved by the board of trustees, for pedestrian and vehicular traffic on property owned, operated, and maintained by the center; (14) Except as otherwise provided by law, may enter into contracts as the director deems essential to the purpose of the center; (15) May receive gifts, grants, conveyances, devises, and bequests of real or personal property from whatever source, as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, whenever the terms and conditions will aid in carrying out the programs of the center; sell, lease, or exchange, invest, or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits, and income thereof except as limited by the terms and conditions thereof; and adopt rules to govern the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds, rents, profits, and income thereof; (16) May adopt rules, as approved by the board of trustees, providing for the transferability of employees between the center and the school for the blind consistent with collective bargaining agreements in effect; and (17) May adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW, as approved by the board of trustees, and perform all other acts not forbidden by law as the director deems necessary or appropriate to the administration of the center.
RCW 36.62.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 62 / Section 040
RCW 36.62.040: Contract for joint hospital.
Status: in_force

All contracts made in pursuance hereof shall be for such period of time and upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon. The contract shall fully set forth the amount of money to be contributed by the county and city towards the acquisition of such site and the improvement thereof and the manner in which the property shall be improved and the character of the building or buildings to be erected thereon. It may provide for the amount of money to be contributed annually by the county and city for the upkeep and maintenance of the property and the building or buildings thereon, or it may provide for the relative proportion of such expense, which the county and city shall annually pay. The contract may specify the parts of such building or buildings which shall be set apart for the exclusive use and occupation of the county and city. The money to be contributed by the county or city may be raised by a sale of bonds of such county or city or by general taxation. Any such county or city now possessing funds or having funds available for a county or city hospital from a sale of bonds or otherwise may contract for the expenditure of such funds, as herein provided. Such contract shall be made only after a proper resolution or ordinance of the county legislative authority and ordinance of the city have been passed specifically authorizing it. The contract when made shall be binding upon the county and city during its existence or until it is modified or abrogated by mutual consent evidenced by appropriate legislation. A site with or without buildings may be contributed in lieu of money at a valuation to be agreed upon.The secretary of the department of social and health services or the secretary of corrections, as the case may be, shall credit the proceeds derived from the sale of such products, goods, wares, articles, or merchandise manufactured or produced by inmates of state correctional institutions within or in conjunction with vocational education programs to the institution where manufactured or produced to be deposited in a revolving fund to be expended for the purchase of supplies, materials and equipment for use in vocational education.
RCW 72.76.020 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 76 / Section 020
RCW 72.76.020: Costs and accounting of offender days.
Status: in_force

(1) The costs per offender day to the sending jurisdiction for the custody of offenders transferred according to the terms of this agreement shall be at the rate set by the state of Washington, office of financial management under RCW 70.48.440 , unless the parties agree to another rate in a particular transfer. The costs may not include extraordinary medical costs, which shall be billed separately. Except in the case of prisoner exchanges, as described in subsection (2) of this section, the sending jurisdiction shall be billed on a monthly basis by the receiving jurisdiction. Payment shall be made within thirty days of receipt of the invoice. (2) When two parties to this agreement transfer offenders to each other, there shall be an accounting of the number of "offender days." If the number is exactly equal, no payment is necessary for the affected period. The payment by the jurisdiction with the higher net number of offender days may be reduced by the amount otherwise due for the number of offender days its offenders were held by the receiving jurisdiction. Billing and reimbursement shall remain on the monthly schedule, and shall be supported by the forms and procedures provided by applicable regulations. The accounting of offender days exchanged may be reconciled on a monthly basis, but shall be at least quarterly.
RCW 72.09.340 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 340
RCW 72.09.340: Supervision of sex offenders—Public safety—Policy for release plan evaluation and approval—Implementation, publicizing, notice—Rejection of residence locations of felony sex offenders of minor victims—Notice—Supervised visitation considerations.
Status: in_force

(1) In making all discretionary decisions regarding release plans for and supervision of sex offenders, the department shall set priorities and make decisions based on an assessment of public safety risks. (2) The department shall have a policy governing the department's evaluation and approval of release plans for sex offenders. The policy shall include, at a minimum, a formal process by which victims, witnesses, and other interested people may provide information and comments to the department on potential safety risks to specific individuals or classes of individuals posed by a specific sex offender. The department shall make all reasonable efforts to publicize the availability of this process through currently existing mechanisms and shall seek the assistance of courts, prosecutors, law enforcement, and victims' advocacy groups in doing so. Notice of an offender's proposed residence shall be provided to all people registered to receive notice of an offender's release under RCW 72.09.712 (2), except that in no case may this notification requirement be construed to require an extension of an offender's release date. (3)(a) For any offender convicted of a felony sex offense against a minor victim after June 6, 1996, the department shall not approve a residence location if the proposed residence: (i) Includes a minor victim or child of similar age or circumstance as a previous victim who the department determines may be put at substantial risk of harm by the offender's residence in the household; or (ii) is within close proximity of the current residence of a minor victim, unless the whereabouts of the minor victim cannot be determined or unless such a restriction would impede family reunification efforts ordered by the court or directed by the department of social and health services. The department is further authorized to reject a residence location if the proposed residence is within close proximity to schools, child care centers, playgrounds, or other grounds or facilities where children of similar age or circumstance as a previous victim are present who the department determines may be put at substantial risk of harm by the sex offender's residence at that location. (b) In addition, for any offender prohibited from living in a community protection zone under RCW 9.94A.703 (1)(c), the department may not approve a residence location if the proposed residence is in a community protection zone. (4) At the time of providing notice of a sex offender's proposed residence as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall include notice that a victim or immediate family member of a victim may request that the offender refrain from contacting him or her as a condition of the offender's community custody if that condition is not already provided by court order. (5) When the department requires supervised visitation as a term or condition of a sex offender's community placement under RCW 9.94B.050 (6), the department shall, prior to approving a supervisor, consider the following: (a) The relationships between the proposed supervisor, the offender, and the minor; (b) The proposed supervisor's acknowledgment and understanding of the offender's prior criminal conduct, general knowledge of the dynamics of child sexual abuse, and willingness and ability to protect the minor from the potential risks posed by contact with the offender; and (c) Recommendations made by the department of social and health services about the best interests of the child.
RCW 72.40.250 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 40 / Section 250
RCW 72.40.250: Protection from child abuse and neglect—Supervision of employees and volunteers—Procedures.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and duties under RCW 72.40.022 and 72.40.024 , the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, or the director's designee, and the superintendent of the state school for the blind shall: (1) Develop written procedures for the supervision of employees and volunteers who have the potential for contact with students. Such procedures shall be designed to prevent child abuse and neglect by providing for adequate supervision of such employees and volunteers, taking into consideration such factors as the student population served, architectural factors, and the size of the facility. Such procedures shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (a) Staffing patterns and the rationale for such; (b) Responsibilities of supervisors; (c) The method by which staff and volunteers are made aware of the identity of all supervisors, including designated on-site supervisors; (d) Provision of written supervisory guidelines to employees and volunteers; (e) Periodic supervisory conferences for employees and volunteers; and (f) Written performance evaluations of staff to be conducted by supervisors in a manner consistent with applicable provisions of the civil service law. (2) Develop written procedures for the protection of students when there is reason to believe an incident has occurred which would render a minor student an abused or neglected child within the meaning of RCW 26.44.020 . Such procedures shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (a) Investigation. Immediately upon notification that a report of child abuse or neglect has been made to the department of social and health services or a law enforcement agency, the superintendent or the director, or the director's designee, shall: (i) Preserve any potential evidence through such actions as securing the area where suspected abuse or neglect occurred; (ii) Obtain proper and prompt medical evaluation and treatment, as needed, with documentation of any evidence of abuse or neglect; and (iii) Provide necessary assistance to the department of social and health services and local law enforcement in their investigations; (b) Safety. Upon notification that a report of suspected child abuse or neglect has been made to the department of social and health services or a law enforcement agency, the superintendent or the director or his or her designee, with consideration for causing as little disruption as possible to the daily routines of the students, shall evaluate the situation and immediately take appropriate action to assure the health and safety of the students involved in the report and of any other students similarly situated, and take such additional action as is necessary to prevent future acts of abuse or neglect. Such action may include: (i) Consistent with federal and state law: (A) Removing the alleged perpetrator from the school; (B) Increasing the degree of supervision of the alleged perpetrator; and (C) Initiating appropriate disciplinary action against the alleged perpetrator; (ii) Provision of increased training and increased supervision to volunteers and staff pertinent to the prevention and remediation of abuse and neglect; (iii) Temporary removal of the students from a program and reassignment of the students within the school, as an emergency measure, if it is determined that there is a risk to the health or safety of such students in remaining in that program. Whenever a student is removed, pursuant to this subsection (2)(b)(iii), from a special education program or service specified in his or her individualized education program, the action shall be reviewed in an individualized education program meeting; and (iv) Provision of counseling to the students involved in the report or any other students, as appropriate; (c) Corrective action plans. Upon receipt of the results of an investigation by the department of social and health services pursuant to a report of suspected child abuse or neglect, the superintendent or the director, or the director's designee, after consideration of any recommendations by the department of social and health services for preventive and remedial action, shall implement a written plan of action designed to assure the continued health and safety of students and to provide for the prevention of future acts of abuse or neglect.
RCW 72.68.031 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 68 / Section 031
RCW 72.68.031: Transfer or removal of person in correctional institution to institution for mentally ill.
Status: in_force

When, in the judgment of the secretary, the welfare of any person committed to or confined in any state correctional institution or facility necessitates that such person be transferred or moved for observation, diagnosis, or treatment to any state institution or facility for the care of the mentally ill, the secretary, with the consent of the secretary of social and health services, is authorized to order and effect such move or transfer: PROVIDED, That the sentence of such person shall continue to run as if he or she remained confined in a correctional institution or facility, and that such person shall not continue so detained or confined beyond the maximum term to which he or she was sentenced: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That the secretary and the indeterminate sentence review board shall adopt and implement procedures to assure that persons so transferred shall, while detained or confined at such institution or facility for the care of the mentally ill, be provided with substantially similar opportunities for parole or early release evaluation and determination as persons detained or confined in the state correctional institutions or facilities.
RCW 72.60.220 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 60 / Section 220
RCW 72.60.220: List of goods to be supplied to all departments, institutions, agencies.
Status: in_force

The department may cause to be prepared annually, at such times as it may determine, lists containing the descriptions of all articles and supplies manufactured and produced in state correctional institutions; copies of such list shall be sent to the supervisor of purchasing and to all departments, institutions and agencies of the state of Washington.
RCW 72.23.180 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 180
RCW 72.23.180: Discharge, parole, death, escape—Notice—Certificate of discharge.
Status: in_force

Whenever a patient dies, escapes, or is paroled or discharged from a state hospital, the superintendent shall immediately notify the clerk of the court which ordered such patient's hospitalization. A copy of such notice shall be given to the next of kin or next friend of such patient if their names or addresses are known or can, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained. Whenever a patient is discharged the superintendent shall issue such patient a certificate of discharge. Such notice or certificate shall give the date of parole, discharge, or death of said patient, and shall state the reasons for parole or discharge, or the cause of death, and shall be signed by the superintendent.
RCW 72.64.065 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 64 / Section 065
RCW 72.64.065: Industrial insurance—Application to certain inmates—Payment of premiums and assessments.
Status: in_force

From and after July 1, 1973, any inmate working in a department of natural resources adult honor camp established and operated pursuant to RCW 72.64.050 , 72.64.060 , and 72.64.100 shall be eligible for the benefits provided by Title 51 RCW, as now or hereafter amended, relating to industrial insurance, with the exceptions herein provided. No inmate as herein described, until released upon an order of parole by the state indeterminate sentence review board, or discharged from custody upon expiration of sentence, or discharged from custody by order of a court of appropriate jurisdiction, or his or her dependents or beneficiaries, shall be entitled to any payment for temporary disability or permanent total disability as provided for in RCW 51.32.090 or 51.32.060 respectively, as now or hereafter enacted, or to the benefits of chapter 51.36 RCW relating to medical aid. Any and all premiums or assessments as may arise under this section pursuant to the provisions of Title 51 RCW shall be the obligation of and be paid by the state department of natural resources.
RCW 72.09.300 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 300
RCW 72.09.300: Local law and justice council—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) Every county legislative authority shall by resolution or ordinance establish a local law and justice council. The county legislative authority shall determine the size and composition of the council, which shall include the county sheriff and a representative of the municipal police departments within the county, the county prosecutor and a representative of the municipal prosecutors within the county, a representative of the city legislative authorities within the county, a representative of the county's superior, juvenile, district, and municipal courts, the county jail administrator, the county clerk, the county risk manager, and the secretary of corrections and his or her designees. Officials designated may appoint representatives. (2) A combination of counties may establish a local law and justice council by intergovernmental agreement. The agreement shall comply with the requirements of this section. (3) The local law and justice council may address issues related to: (a) Maximizing local resources including personnel and facilities, reducing duplication of services, and sharing resources between local and state government in order to accomplish local efficiencies without diminishing effectiveness; (b) Jail management; (c) Mechanisms for communication of information about offenders, including the feasibility of shared access to databases; and (d) Partnerships between the department and local community policing and supervision programs to facilitate supervision of offenders under the respective jurisdictions of each and timely response to an offender's failure to comply with the terms of supervision. (4) The county legislative authority may request technical assistance in coordinating services with other units or agencies of state or local government, which shall include the department, the office of financial management, and the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs. (5) Upon receiving a request for assistance from a county, the department may provide the requested assistance. (6) The secretary may adopt rules for the submittal, review, and approval of all requests for assistance made to the department.
RCW 72.01.282 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 282
RCW 72.01.282: Quarters for personnel—Deposit of receipts.
Status: in_force

All moneys received by the secretary from charges made pursuant to RCW 72.01.280 shall be deposited by him or her in the state general fund.
RCW 72.09.275 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 275
RCW 72.09.275: Duty to notify of process for restoration of voting rights.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall notify a person, in writing, of the process for restoration of voting rights, as described in RCW 29A.08.520 , prior to the release from, or transfer to partial confinement from, total confinement under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections unless a person is being released from a department of corrections facility to an out-of-state jurisdiction or federal detention center, pursuant to a felony conviction. The department shall also provide the person with: (a) A voter registration form and written instructions for returning the form by mail; and (b) Written information regarding registering to vote in person and electronically. (2) For purposes of this section: (a) A sentence of total confinement does not include confinement imposed as a sanction for a community custody violation under RCW 9.94A.633 (1). (b) "Total confinement" has the same meaning as in RCW 9.94A.030 .
RCW 72.01.260 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 260
RCW 72.01.260: Outside ministers not excluded.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in RCW 72.01.210 through 72.01.240 shall be so construed as to exclude ministers of any denomination from giving gratuitous religious or moral instruction to prisoners under such reasonable rules and regulations as the secretary may prescribe.
RCW 72.05.430 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 05 / Section 430
RCW 72.05.430: Placement and supervision of juveniles in community facility—Monitoring requirements—Copies of agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the department operates, or the secretary enters a contract to operate, a community facility, the placement and supervision of juveniles must be accomplished in accordance with this section. (2) The secretary shall require that any juvenile placed in a community facility and who is employed or assigned as a volunteer be subject to monitoring for compliance with requirements for attendance at his or her job or assignment. The monitoring requirements shall be included in a written agreement between the employer or supervisor, the secretary or chief operating officer of the contracting agency, and the juvenile. The requirements shall include, at a minimum, the following: (a) Acknowledgment of the juvenile's offender status; (b) The name, address, and telephone number of the community facility at which the juvenile resides; (c) The twenty-four-hour telephone number required under RCW 72.05.410 ; (d) The name and work telephone number of all persons responsible for the supervision of the juvenile; (e) A prohibition on the juvenile's departure from the work or volunteer site without prior approval of the person in charge of the community facility; (f) A prohibition on personal telephone calls except to the community facility; (g) A prohibition on receiving compensation in any form other than a negotiable instrument; (h) A requirement that rest breaks during work hours be taken only in those areas at the location which are designated for such breaks; (i) A prohibition on visits from persons not approved in advance by the person in charge of the community facility; (j) A requirement that any unexcused absence, tardiness, or departure by the juvenile be reported immediately upon discovery to the person in charge of the community facility; (k) A requirement that any notice from the juvenile that he or she will not report to the work or volunteer site be verified as legitimate by contacting the person in charge of the community facility; and (l) An agreement that the community facility will conduct and document random visits to determine compliance by the juvenile with the terms of this section. (3) The secretary shall require that any juvenile placed in a community facility and who is enrolled in a public or private school be subject to monitoring for compliance with requirements for attendance at his or her school. The monitoring requirements shall be included in a written agreement between the school district or appropriate administrative officer, the secretary or chief operating officer of the contracting agency, and the juvenile. The requirements shall include, at a minimum, the following: (a) Acknowledgment of the juvenile's offender status; (b) The name, address, and telephone number of the community facility at which the juvenile resides; (c) The twenty-four-hour telephone number required under RCW 72.05.410 ; (d) The name and work telephone number of at least two persons at the school to contact if issues arise concerning the juvenile's compliance with the terms of his or her attendance at school; (e) A prohibition on the juvenile's departure from the school without prior approval of the appropriate person at the school; (f) A prohibition on personal telephone calls except to the community facility; (g) A requirement that the juvenile remain on school grounds except for authorized and supervised school activities; (h) A prohibition on visits from persons not approved in advance by the person in charge of the community facility; (i) A requirement that any unexcused absence or departure by the juvenile be reported immediately upon discovery to the person in charge of the community facility; (j) A requirement that any notice from the juvenile that he or she will not attend school be verified as legitimate by contacting the person in charge of the community facility; and (k) An agreement that the community facility will conduct and document random visits to determine compliance by the juvenile with the terms of this section. (4) The secretary shall require that when any juvenile placed in a community facility is employed, assigned as a volunteer, or enrolled in a public or private school: (a) Program staff members shall make and document periodic and random accountability checks while the juvenile is at the school or work facility; (b) A program counselor assigned to the juvenile shall contact the juvenile's employer, teacher, or school counselor regularly to discuss school or job performance-related issues. (5) The department shall maintain a copy of all agreements executed under this section. The department shall also provide each affected juvenile with a copy of every agreement to which he or she is a party. The service provider shall maintain a copy of every agreement it executes under this section.
RCW 72.65.130 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 65 / Section 130
RCW 72.65.130: Authority of board of prison terms and paroles not impaired.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed as affecting the authority of the *board of prison terms and paroles pursuant to the provisions of chapter 9.95 RCW over any person who has been approved for participation in the work release program.
RCW 72.01.110 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 110
RCW 72.01.110: Construction or repair of buildings—Contracts or inmate labor.
Status: in_force

The department may employ the services of competent architects for the preparation of plans and specifications for new buildings, or for repairs, changes, or additions to buildings already constructed, employ competent persons to superintend the construction of new buildings or repairs, changes, or additions to buildings already constructed and call for bids and award contracts for the erection of new buildings, or for repairs, changes, or additions to buildings already constructed: PROVIDED, That the department may proceed with the erecting of any new building, or repairs, changes, or additions to any buildings already constructed, employing thereon the labor of the inmates of the institution, when in its judgment the improvements can be made in as satisfactory a manner and at a less cost to the state by so doing.
RCW 72.02.055 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 02 / Section 055
RCW 72.02.055: Appointment of associate superintendents.
Status: in_force

The superintendent, subject to the approval of the director of the division of prisons and the secretary, shall appoint such associate superintendents as shall be deemed necessary, who shall have such qualifications as shall be determined by the secretary. In the event the superintendent is absent from the institution, or during periods of illness or other situations incapacitating the superintendent from properly performing his or her duties, one of the associate superintendents of such institution as may be designated by the director of the division of prisons and the secretary shall act as superintendent.
RCW 72.42.016 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 42 / Section 016
RCW 72.42.016: Additional definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this chapter: (1) "Center" means the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth serving local school districts across the state; and (2) "School" means the Washington state residential *school for the deaf located in Vancouver, Washington.
RCW 72.01.365 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 365
RCW 72.01.365: Escorted leaves of absence for inmates—Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in RCW 72.01.370 and 72.01.375 : "Escorted leave" means a leave of absence from a correctional facility under the continuous supervision of an escort. "Escort" means a correctional officer or other person approved by the superintendent or the superintendent's designee to accompany an inmate on a leave of absence and be in visual or auditory contact with the inmate at all times. "Nonviolent offender" means an inmate under confinement for an offense other than a violent offense defined by RCW 9.94A.030 .
RCW 72.72.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 72 / Section 040
RCW 72.72.040: Reimbursement—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary of children, youth, and families and the secretary of corrections shall each promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW regarding the reimbursement process for their respective agencies. (2) Reimbursement shall not be made if otherwise provided pursuant to other provisions of state law.
RCW 72.09.710 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 710
RCW 72.09.710: Drug offenders—Notice of release or escape.
Status: in_force

(1) At the earliest possible date, and in no event later than ten days before release except in the event of escape or emergency furloughs as defined in RCW 72.66.010 , the department of corrections shall send written notice of parole, community custody, work release placement, furlough, or escape about a specific inmate convicted of a serious drug offense to the following if such notice has been requested in writing about a specific inmate convicted of a serious drug offense: (a) Any witnesses who testified against the inmate in any court proceedings involving the serious drug offense; and (b) Any person specified in writing by the prosecuting attorney. Information regarding witnesses requesting the notice, information regarding any other person specified in writing by the prosecuting attorney to receive the notice, and the notice are confidential and shall not be available to the inmate. (2) If an inmate convicted of a serious drug offense escapes from a correctional facility, the department of corrections shall immediately notify, by the most reasonable and expedient means available, the chief of police of the city and the sheriff of the county in which the inmate resided immediately before the inmate's arrest and conviction. If previously requested, the department shall also notify the witnesses who are entitled to notice under this section. If the inmate is recaptured, the department shall send notice to the persons designated in this subsection as soon as possible but in no event later than two working days after the department learns of such recapture. (3) If any witness is under the age of sixteen, the notice required by this section shall be sent to the parents or legal guardian of the child. (4) The department of corrections shall send the notices required by this section to the last address provided to the department by the requesting party. The requesting party shall furnish the department with a current address. (5) For purposes of this section, "serious drug offense" means an offense under RCW 69.50.401 (2) (a) or (b) or 69.50.4011 (2) (a) or (b). (6) Information and records prepared, owned, used, or retained by the department of corrections that reveal any notification or request for notification regarding any specific individual, or that reveal the identity, location of, or any information submitted by a person who requests or is invited to enroll for notification under subsection (1) of this section, are exempt from public inspection and copying under chapter 42.56 RCW.
RCW 72.25.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 25 / Section 010
RCW 72.25.010: Deportation of aliens—Return of residents.
Status: in_force

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It shall be the duty of the secretary of the department of social and health services, in cooperation with the United States bureau of immigration and/or the United States department of the interior, to arrange for the deportation of all alien sexual psychopaths, psychopathic delinquents, or mentally ill persons who are now confined in, or who may hereafter be committed to, any state hospital for the sexual psychopath, psychopathic delinquent, or the mentally ill in this state; to transport such alien sexual psychopaths, psychopathic delinquents, or mentally ill persons to such point or points as may be designated by the United States bureau of immigration or by the United States department of the interior; and to give written permission for the return of any resident of Washington now or hereafter confined in a hospital for the sexual psychopath, psychopathic delinquent, or the mentally ill in a territory of the United States or in a foreign country. Mentally ill person for the purposes of this section shall be any person defined as mentally ill under RCW 72.23.010 , as now or hereafter amended.
RCW 72.98.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 98 / Section 040
RCW 72.98.040: Repeals and saving.
Status: in_force

See 1959 c 28 s 72.98.040 .
RCW 72.41.060 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 41 / Section 060
RCW 72.41.060: Travel expenses.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of trustees shall receive travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended, and such payments shall be a proper charge to any funds appropriated or allocated for the support of the state school for the blind.
RCW 72.68.075 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 68 / Section 075
RCW 72.68.075: Contracts with other states or territories for care, confinement or rehabilitation of female prisoners.
Status: in_force

The secretary is hereby authorized to contract for the care, confinement and rehabilitation of female prisoners of other states or territories of the United States, as more specifically provided in the Western Interstate Corrections Compact, as contained in chapter 72.70 RCW as now or hereafter amended.
RCW 72.02.220 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 02 / Section 220
RCW 72.02.220: Cooperation with reception units by state agencies.
Status: in_force

The indeterminate sentence review board and other state agencies shall cooperate with the department in obtaining necessary investigative materials concerning offenders committed to the reception unit and supply the reception unit with necessary information regarding social histories and community background.
RCW 72.66.026 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 66 / Section 026
RCW 72.66.026: Furlough terms and conditions.
Status: in_force

The terms and conditions prescribed under this section shall apply to each furlough, and each resident granted a furlough shall agree to abide by them. (1) The furloughed person shall abide by the terms of his or her furlough plan. (2) Upon arrival at the destination indicated in his or her furlough plan, the furloughed person shall, when so required, report to a state probation and parole officer in accordance with instructions given by the secretary prior to release on furlough. He or she shall report as frequently as may be required by the state probation and parole officer. (3) The furloughed person shall abide by all local, state, and federal laws. (4) With approval of the state probation and parole officer designated by the secretary, the furloughed person may accept temporary employment during a period of furlough. (5) The furloughed person shall not leave the state at any time while on furlough. (6) Other limitations on movement within the state may be imposed as a condition of furlough. (7) The furloughed person shall not, in any public place, drink intoxicating beverages or be in an intoxicated condition. A furloughed person shall not enter any tavern, bar, or cocktail lounge. (8) A furloughed person who drives a motor vehicle shall: (a) Have a valid Washington driver's license in his or her possession; (b) Have the owner's written permission to drive any vehicle not his or her own or his or her spouse's; (c) Have at least minimum personal injury and property damage liability coverage on the vehicle he or she is driving; and (d) Observe all traffic laws. (9) Each furloughed person shall carry with him or her at all times while on furlough a copy of his or her furlough order prescribed pursuant to RCW 72.66.028 and a copy of the identification card issued to him or her pursuant to RCW 72.66.032 . (10) The furloughed person shall comply with any other terms or conditions which the secretary may prescribe.
RCW 72.66.070 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 66 / Section 070
RCW 72.66.070: Transportation, clothing and funds for furloughed prisoners.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide or arrange for transportation for furloughed prisoners to the designated place of residence within the state and shall, in addition, supply funds in the sum of no less than $40 and suitable clothing, such clothing to be returned to the institution on the expiration of furlough.
RCW 72.05.425 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 05 / Section 425
RCW 72.05.425: Student records and information—Necessary for risk assessment, security classification, and proper placement—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish by rule, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, those student records and information necessary to conduct a risk assessment, make a security classification, and ensure proper placement. Those records shall include at least: (a) Any history of placement in special education programs; (b) Any past, current, or pending disciplinary action; (c) Any history of violent, aggressive, or disruptive behavior, or gang membership, or behavior listed in RCW 13.04.155 ; (d) Any use of weapons that is illegal or in violation of school policy; (e) Any history of truancy; (f) Any drug or alcohol abuse; (g) Any health conditions affecting the juvenile's placement needs; and (h) Any other relevant information. (2) For purposes of this section "gang" has the meaning defined in RCW 28A.225.225 .Any unspent balance of funds in the water trail program account created in *RCW 79A.05.405 as of June 30, 2003, must be transferred to the state parks renewal and stewardship account created in RCW 79A.05.215 . All receipts from sales of materials under RCW 79A.05.385 and all monetary civil penalties collected under RCW 79A.05.415 must be deposited in the state parks renewal and stewardship account. Any gifts, grants, donations, or moneys from any source received by the commission for the water trail program must also be deposited in the state parks renewal and stewardship account. Funds transferred or deposited into the state parks renewal and stewardship account under this section must be used solely for water trail program purposes.
RCW 72.01.240 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 240
RCW 72.01.240: Supervisor of religious coordinators.
Status: in_force

Each secretary is hereby empowered to appoint one of the religious coordinators, authorized by RCW 72.01.210 , to act as supervisor of religious coordinators for his or her department, in addition to his or her duties at one of the institutions designated in RCW 72.01.210 .
RCW 72.72.030 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 72 / Section 030
RCW 72.72.030: Institutional impact account—Reimbursement to political subdivisions—Limitations.
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created, in the state treasury, an institutional impact account. The secretary of children, youth, and families may reimburse political subdivisions for criminal justice costs incurred directly as a result of crimes committed by offenders residing in an institution as defined herein under the jurisdiction of the secretary of children, youth, and families. Such reimbursement shall be made to the extent funds are available from the institutional impact account. Reimbursements shall be limited to law enforcement, prosecutorial, judicial, and jail facilities costs which are documented to be strictly related to the criminal activities of the offender. (2) The secretary of corrections may reimburse political subdivisions for criminal justice costs incurred directly as a result of crimes committed by offenders residing in an institution as defined herein under the jurisdiction of the secretary of corrections. Such reimbursement shall be made to the extent funds are available from the institutional impact account. Reimbursements shall be limited to law enforcement, prosecutorial, judicial, and jail facilities costs which are documented to be strictly related to the criminal activities of the offender.
RCW 72.70.020 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 70 / Section 020
RCW 72.70.020: Secretary authorized to receive or transfer inmates pursuant to contract.
Status: in_force

The secretary of corrections is authorized to receive or transfer an inmate as defined in Article II(d) of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact to any institution as defined in Article II(e) of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact within this state or without this state, if this state has entered into a contract or contracts for the confinement of inmates in such institutions pursuant to Article III of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact.
RCW 72.36.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 36 / Section 010
RCW 72.36.010: Establishment of soldiers' home—Long-term leases.
Status: in_force

(1) There is established at Orting, Pierce county, an institution which shall be known as the Washington soldiers' home. (2) The department is authorized to work with public or private entities on projects to make the best use of the soldiers' home property and facilities. These projects may include, but are not limited to, the renovation and long-term lease of the Garfield barracks building on the soldiers' home campus. (3) All long-term leases of the soldiers' home property shall be subject to the requirements of RCW 43.82.010 , except that such leases may run for up to seventy-five years.
RCW 72.09.780 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 780
RCW 72.09.780: Abortion medications—Practice of pharmacy and wholesale distribution.
Status: in_force

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(1) The department is authorized to acquire, receive, possess, sell, resell, deliver, dispense, distribute, and engage in any activity constituting the practice of pharmacy or wholesale distribution with respect to abortion medications. (2) The department may exercise the authority granted in this section for the benefit of any person, whether or not the person is in the custody or under the supervision of the department. (3) The department shall exercise the authority granted in this section in accordance with any applicable law including, but not limited to, any applicable licensing requirements, except that the department is exempt from obtaining a wholesaler's license for any actions taken pursuant to chapter 195, Laws of 2023 as provided in RCW 18.64.046 . (4)(a) The department shall establish and operate a program to deliver, dispense, and distribute abortion medications described in this section. In circumstances in which the department is selling, delivering, or distributing abortion medications to a health care provider or health care entity, it may only sell, distribute, or deliver abortion medications to health care providers and health care entities that will only use the medications for the purposes of providing abortion care or medical management of early pregnancy loss. (b) Except as provided in (c) of this subsection, any abortion medications sold, resold, delivered, dispensed, or distributed whether individually or wholesale shall be conducted at cost not to exceed list price, plus a fee of $5 per dose to offset the cost of secure storage and delivery of medication. Revenues generated pursuant to chapter 195, Laws of 2023 shall be deposited to the general fund. (c) During the 2025 fiscal year, any abortion medications sold, resold, delivered, dispensed, or distributed whether individually or wholesale shall be conducted at cost not to exceed list price. (5) Nothing in this section shall diminish any existing authority of the department. (6) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (a) "Abortion medications" means substances used in the course of medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a pregnancy including, but not limited to, mifepristone. (b) "Deliver" has the same meaning as in RCW 18.64.011 . (c) "Dispense" has the same meaning as in RCW 18.64.011 . (d) "Distribute" has the same meaning as in RCW 18.64.011 . (e) "Health care entity" means a hospital, clinic, pharmacy, office, or similar setting where a health care provider provides health care to patients. (f) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as in RCW 70.02.010 . (g) "Person" has the same meaning as in RCW 18.64.011 . (h) "Practice of pharmacy" has the same meaning as in RCW 18.64.011 . (i) "Wholesale distribution" has the same meaning as in WAC 246-945-001.
RCW 72.40.230 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 40 / Section 230
RCW 72.40.230: Staff orientation and training.
Status: in_force

(1) The *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall ensure that all staff, within two months of beginning employment, complete a minimum of fifteen hours of job orientation which shall include, but is not limited to, presentation of the standard operating procedures manual for each school, describing all policies and procedures specific to the school. (2) The *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall ensure that all new staff receive thirty-two hours of job specific training within ninety days of employment which shall include, but is not limited to, promoting and protecting student personal safety. All staff shall receive thirty-two hours of ongoing training in these areas every two years.
RCW 72.09.225 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 225
RCW 72.09.225: Sexual misconduct by state employees, contractors.
Status: in_force

(1) When the secretary has reasonable cause to believe that sexual intercourse or sexual contact between an employee and an inmate has occurred, notwithstanding any rule adopted under chapter 41.06 RCW the secretary shall immediately suspend the employee. (2) The secretary shall immediately institute proceedings to terminate the employment of any person: (a) Who is found by the department, based on a preponderance of the evidence, to have had sexual intercourse or sexual contact with the inmate; or (b) Upon a guilty plea or conviction for any crime specified in chapter 9A.44 RCW when the victim was an inmate. (3) When the secretary has reasonable cause to believe that sexual intercourse or sexual contact between the employee of a contractor and an inmate has occurred, the secretary shall require the employee of a contractor to be immediately removed from any employment position which would permit the employee to have any access to any inmate. (4) The secretary shall disqualify for employment with a contractor in any position with access to an inmate, any person: (a) Who is found by the department, based on a preponderance of the evidence, to have had sexual intercourse or sexual contact with the inmate; or (b) Upon a guilty plea or conviction for any crime specified in chapter 9A.44 RCW when the victim was an inmate. (5) The secretary, when considering the renewal of a contract with a contractor who has taken action under subsection (3) or (4) of this section, shall require the contractor to demonstrate that there has been significant progress made in reducing the likelihood that any of its employees will have sexual intercourse or sexual contact with an inmate. The secretary shall examine whether the contractor has taken steps to improve hiring, training, and monitoring practices and whether the employee remains with the contractor. The secretary shall not renew a contract unless he or she determines that significant progress has been made. (6)(a) For the purposes of RCW 50.20.060 , a person terminated under this section shall be considered discharged for misconduct. (b)(i) The department may, within its discretion or upon request of any member of the public, release information to an individual or to the public regarding any person or contract terminated under this section. (ii) An appointed or elected public official, public employee, or public agency as defined in RCW 4.24.470 is immune from civil liability for damages for any discretionary release of relevant and necessary information, unless it is shown that the official, employee, or agency acted with gross negligence or in bad faith. The immunity provided under this section applies to the release of relevant and necessary information to other public officials, public employees, or public agencies, and to the public. (iii) Except as provided in chapter 42.56 RCW, or elsewhere, nothing in this section shall impose any liability upon a public official, public employee, or public agency for failing to release information authorized under this section. Nothing in this section implies that information regarding persons designated in subsection (2) of this section is confidential except as may otherwise be provided by law. (7) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section. The rules shall reflect the legislative intent that this section prohibits individuals who are employed by the department or a contractor of the department from having sexual intercourse or sexual contact with inmates. The rules shall also reflect the legislative intent that when a person is employed by the department or a contractor of the department, and has sexual intercourse or sexual contact with an inmate against the employed person's will, the termination provisions of this section shall not be invoked. (8) As used in this section: (a) "Contractor" includes all subcontractors of a contractor; (b) "Inmate" means an inmate as defined in RCW 72.09.015 or a person under the supervision of the department; and (c) "Sexual intercourse" and "sexual contact" have the meanings provided in RCW 9A.44.010 .
RCW 72.40.240 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 40 / Section 240
RCW 72.40.240: Residential staffing requirement.
Status: in_force

The residential program at the *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall employ residential staff in sufficient numbers to ensure the physical and emotional needs of the residents are met. Residential staff shall be on duty in sufficient numbers to ensure the safety of the children residing there. For purposes of this section, "residential staff" means staff in charge of supervising the day-to-day living situation of the children in the residential portion of the schools.
RCW 72.36.100 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 36 / Section 100
RCW 72.36.100: Purchase of equipment, materials for therapy, hobbies.
Status: in_force

The administrator of each institution referred to in RCW 72.36.090 may purchase, from the appropriation to the institution, for operations, equipment or materials designed to initiate the programs authorized by RCW 72.36.090 .
RCW 72.09.060 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 060
RCW 72.09.060: Organization of department—Program for public involvement and volunteers.
Status: in_force

The department of corrections may be organized into such divisions or offices as the secretary may determine, but shall include divisions for (1) correctional industries, (2) prisons and other custodial institutions and (3) probation, parole, community restitution, restitution, and other nonincarcerative sanctions. The secretary shall have at least one person on his or her staff who shall have the responsibility for developing a program which encourages the use of volunteers, for citizen advisory groups, and for similar public involvement programs in the corrections area. Minimum qualification for staff assigned to public involvement responsibilities shall include previous experience in working with volunteers or volunteer agencies.
RCW 72.98.060 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 98 / Section 060
RCW 72.98.060: Emergency—1959 c 28.
Status: in_force

This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately, with the exception of RCW 72.01.280 the effective date of which section is July 1, 1959.
RCW 72.01.190 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 190
RCW 72.01.190: Fire protection.
Status: in_force

The secretary may enter into an agreement with a city or town adjacent to any state institution for fire protection for such institution.
RCW 72.66.022 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 66 / Section 022
RCW 72.66.022: Application—Contents.
Status: in_force

Each resident applying for a furlough shall include in his or her application for the furlough: (1) A furlough plan which shall specify in detail the purpose of the furlough and how it is to be achieved, the address at which the applicant would reside, the names of all persons residing at such address[,] and their relationships to the applicant; (2) A statement from the applicant's proposed sponsor that he or she agrees to undertake the responsibilities provided in RCW 72.66.024 ; and (3) Such other information as the secretary shall require in order to protect the public or further the rehabilitation of the applicant.
RCW 72.68.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 68 / Section 010
RCW 72.68.010: Transfer of incarcerated individuals.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever in its judgment the best interests of the state or the welfare of any incarcerated individual confined in any penal institution will be better served by his or her transfer to another institution or to a foreign country of which the incarcerated individual is a citizen or national, the secretary may effect such transfer consistent with applicable federal laws and treaties. The secretary has the authority to transfer incarcerated individuals between in-state correctional facilities or to out-of-state governmental institutions if the secretary determines that transfer is in the best interest of the state or the incarcerated individual. The determination of what is in the best interest of the state or incarcerated individual may include but is not limited to considerations of overcrowding, emergency conditions, or hardship to the incarcerated individual. In determining whether the transfer will impose a hardship on the incarcerated individual, the secretary shall consider: (a) The location of the incarcerated individual's family and whether the incarcerated individual has maintained contact with members of his or her family; (b) whether, if the incarcerated individual has maintained contact, the contact will be significantly disrupted by the transfer due to the family's inability to maintain the contact as a result of the transfer; and (c) whether the incarcerated individual is enrolled in a vocational or educational program that cannot reasonably be resumed or completed if the incarcerated individual is transferred to another correctional institution or returned to the state. (2)(a) The secretary has the authority to transfer incarcerated individuals to an out-of-state private correctional entity only if: (i) The governor finds that an emergency exists such that the population of a state correctional facility exceeds its reasonable, maximum capacity, resulting in safety and security concerns; (ii) The governor has considered all other legal options to address capacity, including those pursuant to RCW 9.94A.870 ; (iii) The secretary determines that transfer is in the best interest of the state or the incarcerated individual; and (iv) The contract with the out-of-state private correctional entity includes requirements for access to public records to the same extent as if the facility were operated by the department, incarcerated individual access to the office of the corrections ombuds, and inspections and visits without notice. (b) Should any of these requirements in this subsection not be met, the contract with the private correctional entity shall be terminated. (3) If directed by the governor, the secretary shall, in carrying out this section and RCW 43.06.350 , adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW to effect the transfer of incarcerated individuals requesting transfer to foreign countries.
RCW 72.01.412 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 412
RCW 72.01.412: Eligibility for community transition services.
Status: in_force

(1) A person in the custody of the department of children, youth, and families under RCW 72.01.410 is eligible for community transition services under the authority and supervision of the department of children, youth, and families: (a) After the person's 25th birthday: (i) If the person's earned release date is after the person's 25th birthday but on or before the person's 26th birthday; and (ii) The department of children, youth, and families determines that placement in community transition services is in the best interests of the person and the community; or (b) After 60 percent of their term of confinement has been served, and no less than 15 weeks of total confinement served including time spent in detention prior to sentencing or the entry of a dispositional order if: (i) The person has an earned release date that is before their 26th birthday; and (ii) The department of children, youth, and families determines that such placement and retention by the department of children, youth, and families is in the best interests of the person and the community. (2) "Term of confinement" as used in subsection (1)(b) of this section means the term of confinement ordered, reduced by the total amount of earned time eligible for the offense. (3) The department's determination under subsection (1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) of this section must include consideration of the person's behavior while in confinement and any disciplinary considerations. (4) The department of children, youth, and families retains the authority to transfer the person to the custody of the department of corrections under RCW 72.01.410 . (5) A person may only be placed in community transition services under this section for the remaining 18 months of their term of confinement. (6) A person placed in community transition services under this section must have access to appropriate treatment and programming as determined by the department of children, youth, and families, including but not limited to: (a) Behavioral health treatment; (b) Independent living; (c) Employment; (d) Education; (e) Connections to family and natural supports; and (f) Community connections. (7) If the person has a sentence that includes a term of community custody, this term of community custody must begin after the current term of confinement has ended. (8) If a person placed on community transition services under this section commits a violation requiring the return of the person to total confinement after the person's 25th birthday, the person must be transferred to the custody and supervision of the department of corrections for the remainder of the sentence. (9) The following persons are not eligible for community transition services under this section: (a) Persons with pending charges or warrants; (b) Persons who will be transferred to the department of corrections, who are in the custody of the department of corrections, or who are under the supervision of the department of corrections; (c) Persons who were adjudicated or convicted of the crime of murder in the first or second degree; (d) Persons who meet the definition of a "persistent offender" as defined under RCW 9.94A.030 ; (e) Level III sex offenders; and (f) Persons requiring out-of-state placement. (10) As used in this section, "community transition services" means a therapeutic and supportive community-based custody option in which: (a) A person serves a portion of his or her term of confinement residing in the community, outside of the department of children, youth, and families institutions and community facilities; (b) The department of children, youth, and families supervises the person in part through the use of technology that is capable of determining or identifying the monitored person's presence or absence at a particular location; (c) The department of children, youth, and families provides access to developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, racial equity-based, and culturally relevant programs to promote successful reentry; and (d) The department of children, youth, and families prioritizes the delivery of available programming from individuals who share characteristics with the individual being served related to: Race; ethnicity; sexual identity; and gender identity.
RCW 72.23.080 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 080
RCW 72.23.080: Voluntary patients—Legal competency—Record.
Status: in_force

Any person received and detained in a state hospital under chapter 71.34 RCW is deemed a voluntary patient and, except as chapter 9.41 RCW may limit the right of a person to purchase or possess a firearm or to qualify for a concealed pistol license, shall not suffer a loss of legal competency by reason of his or her application and admission. Upon the admission of a voluntary patient to a state hospital the superintendent shall immediately forward to the department the record of such patient showing the name, address, sex, date of birth, place of birth, occupation, social security number, date of admission, name of nearest relative, and such other information as the department may from time to time require.
RCW 72.64.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 64 / Section 040
RCW 72.64.040: Crediting of earnings—Payment.
Status: in_force

Where a prisoner is employed at any occupation for which pay is allowed or permitted, or at any gainful occupation from which the state derives an income, the department shall credit the prisoner with the total amount of his or her earnings. The amount of earnings credited but unpaid to a prisoner may be paid to the prisoner's spouse, children, mother, father, brother, or sister as the inmate may direct upon approval of the superintendent. Upon release, parole, or discharge, all unpaid earnings of the prisoner shall be paid to him or her.
RCW 72.23.440 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 440
RCW 72.23.440: Technical assistance and training.
Status: in_force

A state hospital needing assistance to comply with RCW 72.23.400 through 72.23.420 may contact the department of labor and industries for assistance. The state departments of labor and industries, social and health services, and health shall collaborate with representatives of state hospitals to develop technical assistance and training seminars on plan development and implementation, and shall coordinate their assistance to state hospitals.
RCW 79A.05.130 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 05 / Section 130
RCW 79A.05.130: Cross-state trail account—Land acquisition—Rules describing trail.
Status: in_force

(1) The cross-state trail account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Eleven million five hundred thousand dollars is provided to the state parks and recreation commission to acquire, construct, and maintain a cross-state trail. This amount may consist of: (a) Legislative appropriations intended for trail development; (b) payments for the purchase of federally granted trust lands; and (c) franchise fees derived from use of the rail corridor. The legislature intends that any amounts provided from the transportation fund are to be repaid to the transportation fund from franchise fees. (2) The department shall deposit franchise fees from use of the rail corridor according to the following priority: (a) To the department of transportation for actual costs incurred in administering the franchise; (b) to the department of natural resources as compensation for use of federally granted trust lands in the rail corridor; (c) to the transportation fund to reimburse any amounts transferred or appropriated from that fund by the legislature for trail development; (d) to the cross-state trail account, not to exceed eleven million five hundred thousand dollars, provided that this amount shall be reduced proportionate with any funds transferred or appropriated by the 1996 legislature or paid from franchise fees for the purchase of federally granted trust lands or for trail development; and (e) the remainder to the essential rail assistance account, created under RCW 47.76.250 . Expenditures from the cross-state trail account may be used only for the acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance of the cross-state trail. Only the director of the state parks and recreation commission or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures. (3) The commission may acquire land from willing sellers for the cross-state trail, but not by eminent domain. (4) The commission shall adopt rules describing the cross-state trail.The department of social and health services and the department of children, youth, and families shall establish, maintain, operate and administer a comprehensive program for the custody, care, education, treatment, instruction, guidance, control, and rehabilitation of all persons who may be committed or admitted to institutions, schools, or other facilities, placed under the control of each, except for the programs of education provided pursuant to RCW 28A.190.030 through 28A.190.050 which shall be established, operated, and administered by the school district conducting the program, and in order to accomplish these purposes, the powers and duties of the secretary of the department of social and health services and the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families for the institutions placed under the respective department shall include the following: (1) The assembling, analyzing, tabulating, and reproduction in report form, of statistics and other data with respect to children with behavior problems in the state of Washington, including, but not limited to, the extent, kind, and causes of such behavior problems in the different areas and population centers of the state. Such reports shall not be open to public inspection, but shall be open to the inspection of the governor and to the superior court judges of the state of Washington. (2) The establishment and supervision of diagnostic facilities and services in connection with the custody, care, and treatment of persons with disabilities, and behavior problem children who may be committed or admitted to any of the institutions, schools, or facilities controlled and operated by the department, or who may be referred for such diagnosis and treatment by any superior court of this state. Such diagnostic services may be established in connection with, or apart from, any other state institution under the supervision and direction of the secretary of the department of social and health services or the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families. Such diagnostic services shall be available to the superior courts of the state for persons referred for such services by them prior to commitment, or admission to, any school, institution, or other facility. Such diagnostic services shall also be available to other departments of the state. When the secretary of the department of social and health services or the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families determines it necessary, the secretary of the department of social and health services or the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families may create waiting lists and set priorities for use of diagnostic services for juvenile offenders on the basis of those most severely in need. (3) The supervision of all persons committed or admitted to any institution, school, or other facility operated by the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families, and the transfer of such persons from any such institution, school, or facility to any other such school, institution, or facility: PROVIDED, That where a person has been committed to a minimum security institution, school, or facility by any of the superior courts of this state, a transfer to a close security institution shall be made only with the consent and approval of such court. (4) The supervision of parole, discharge, or other release, and the post-institutional placement of all persons committed to Green Hill school, or such as may be assigned, paroled, or transferred therefrom to other facilities operated by the department. Green Hill school is hereby designated as a "close security" institution to which shall be given the custody of children with the most serious behavior problems.
RCW 72.19.020 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 19 / Section 020
RCW 72.19.020: Rules.
Status: in_force

The secretary of children, youth, and families may make, amend, and repeal rules for the administration of the juvenile correctional institution established by this chapter in furtherance of the provisions of this chapter and not inconsistent with law.
RCW 72.09.480 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 480
RCW 72.09.480: Inmate funds subject to deductions—Definitions—Exceptions—Child support collection actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply to this section. (a) "Cost of incarceration" means the cost of providing an inmate with shelter, food, clothing, transportation, supervision, and other services and supplies as may be necessary for the maintenance and support of the inmate while in the custody of the department, based on the average per inmate costs established by the department and the office of financial management. (b) "Minimum term of confinement" means the minimum amount of time an inmate will be confined in the custody of the department, considering the sentence imposed and adjusted for the total potential earned early release time available to the inmate. (c) "Program" means any series of courses or classes necessary to achieve a proficiency standard, certificate, or postsecondary degree. (2) When an inmate, except as provided in subsections (4) through (11) of this section, receives any funds in addition to his or her wages or gratuities, except settlements or awards resulting from legal action, the additional funds shall be subject to the following deductions and the priorities established in chapter 72.11 RCW: (a) Five percent to the crime victims' compensation account provided in RCW 7.68.045 ; (b) Ten percent to a department personal inmate savings account; (c) Twenty percent for payment of legal financial obligations for all inmates who have legal financial obligations owing in any Washington state superior court; (d) Twenty percent for any child support owed under a support order; (e) Twenty percent to the department to contribute to the cost of incarceration; and (f) Twenty percent for payment of any civil judgment for assault for all inmates who are subject to a civil judgment for assault in any Washington state court or federal court. (3) When an inmate, except as provided in subsection (10) of this section, receives any funds from a settlement or award resulting from a legal action, the additional funds shall be subject to the deductions in RCW 72.09.111 (1)(a) and the priorities established in chapter 72.11 RCW. (4) When an inmate who is subject to a child support order receives funds from an inheritance, the deduction required under subsection (2)(e) and (f) of this section shall only apply after the child support obligation has been paid in full. (5) The amount deducted from an inmate's funds under subsection (2) of this section shall not exceed the department's total cost of incarceration for the inmate incurred during the inmate's minimum or actual term of confinement, whichever is longer. (6)(a) The deductions required under subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to funds received by the department from an offender or from a third party on behalf of an offender for payment of education or vocational programs or postsecondary education degree programs as provided in *RCW 72.09.460 and 72.09.465 . (b) The deductions required under subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to funds received by the department from a third party, including but not limited to a nonprofit entity on behalf of the department's education, vocation, or postsecondary education degree programs. (7) The deductions required under subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to any money received by the department, on behalf of an inmate, from family or other outside sources for the payment of postage expenses. Money received under this subsection may only be used for the payment of postage expenses and may not be transferred to any other account or purpose. Money that remains unused in the inmate's postage fund at the time of release shall be subject to the deductions outlined in subsection (2) of this section. (8) The deductions required under subsection (2) of this section do not apply to any money received by the department on behalf of an inmate from family or other outside sources for the payment of certain medical expenses. Money received under this subsection may only be used for the payment of medical expenses associated with the purchase of eyeglasses, over-the-counter medications, and offender copayments. Funds received specifically for these purposes may not be transferred to any other account or purpose. Money that remains unused in the inmate's medical fund at the time of release is subject to deductions under subsection (2) of this section. (9) The deductions required under subsection (2) of this section do not apply to any money received by the department on behalf of an inmate from family or other outside sources for the purchase of commissary items. Money received under this subsection may only be used for the purchase of items on the facility commissary list. The amount received by each inmate under this subsection may not exceed the monthly allowance for commissary purchases as allowed by the department. Funds received specifically for these purposes may not be transferred to any other fund, account, or purpose. Money that remains unused in the inmate's commissary fund at the time of release is subject to deductions under subsection (2) of this section. (10) Inmates sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of release or sentenced to death under **chapter 10.95 RCW receives funds, deductions are required under subsection (2) of this section, with the exception of a personal inmate savings account under subsection (2)(b) of this section. (11) The deductions required under subsection (2) of this section do not apply to funds for subsistence issued by the department to an inmate: (a) Upon the person's transfer from total confinement to partial confinement, or transfer from total confinement to community custody, pursuant to RCW 72.02.100 ; or (b) For a furlough pursuant to RCW 72.66.070 . (12) The secretary of the department of corrections, or his or her designee, may exempt an inmate from a personal inmate savings account under subsection (2)(b) of this section if the inmate's earliest release date is beyond the inmate's life expectancy. (13) The interest earned on an inmate savings account created as a result of the plan in section 4, chapter 325, Laws of 1999 shall be exempt from the mandatory deductions under this section and RCW 72.09.111 . (14) Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the department of social and health services division of child support, the county clerk, or a restitution recipient from taking collection action against an inmate's moneys, assets, or property pursuant to chapter 9.94A , 26.23, 74.20, or 74.20A RCW including, but not limited to, the collection of moneys received by the inmate from settlements or awards resulting from legal action.
RCW 72.49.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 49 / Section 010
RCW 72.49.010: Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide additional programs for the treatment and rehabilitation of persons suffering from narcotic and dangerous drug abuse.
RCW 72.01.043 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 043
RCW 72.01.043: Hours of labor for full time employees—Certain personnel excepted.
Status: in_force

RCW 72.01.042 shall not be applicable to the following designated personnel: Administrative officers of the department; institutional superintendents, medical staff other than nurses, and business managers; and such professional, administrative and supervisory personnel as designated prior to July 1, 1970 by the department of social and health services with the concurrence of the merit system board having jurisdiction.
RCW 72.09.050 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 050
RCW 72.09.050: Powers and duties of secretary.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall manage the department of corrections and shall be responsible for the administration of adult correctional programs, including but not limited to the operation of all state correctional institutions or facilities used for the confinement of convicted felons. In addition, the secretary shall have broad powers to enter into agreements with any federal agency, any federally recognized tribe, or any other state, or any Washington state agency or local government providing for the operation of any correctional facility or program for persons convicted of felonies or misdemeanors or for juvenile offenders. Such agreements for counties with local law and justice councils shall be required in the local law and justice plan pursuant to RCW 72.09.300 . The agreements may provide for joint operation or operation by the department of corrections, alone, for by any of the other governmental entities, alone. The secretary may employ persons to aid in performing the functions and duties of the department. The secretary may delegate any of his or her functions or duties to department employees, including the authority to certify and maintain custody of records and documents on file with the department. The secretary is authorized to promulgate standards for the department of corrections within appropriation levels authorized by the legislature. Pursuant to the authority granted in chapter 34.05 RCW, the secretary shall adopt rules providing for inmate restitution when restitution is determined appropriate as a result of a disciplinary action.
RCW 72.06.060 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 06 / Section 060
RCW 72.06.060: Mental health—Psychiatric outpatient clinics.
Status: in_force

The department is hereby authorized to establish and maintain psychiatric outpatient clinics at such of the several state mental institutions as the secretary shall designate for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and the services of such clinics shall be available to any citizen of the state in need thereof, when determined by a physician that such services are not otherwise available, subject to the rules of the department.
RCW 72.23.920 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 920
RCW 72.23.920: Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
RCW 72.01.120 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 120
RCW 72.01.120: Construction or repair of buildings—Award of contracts.
Status: in_force

When improvements are to be made under contract, notice of the call for the same shall be published in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the state for two weeks prior to the award being made. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The secretary is authorized to require such security as he or she may deem proper to accompany the bids submitted, and shall also fix the amount of the bond or other security that shall be furnished by the person or firm to whom the contract is awarded. The secretary shall have the power to reject any or all bids submitted, if for any reason it is deemed for the best interest of the state to do so, and to readvertise in accordance with the provisions hereof. The secretary shall also have the power to reject the bid of any person or firm who has had a prior contract, and who did not, in the opinion of the secretary, faithfully comply with the same.
RCW 72.64.080 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 64 / Section 080
RCW 72.64.080: Industrial insurance—Duties of employing agency—Costs—Supervision.
Status: in_force

The agency providing for prisoners under RCW 72.64.060 through 72.64.090 shall designate and supervise all work done under the provisions thereof. The agency shall provide, erect and maintain any necessary camps, except that where no funds are available to the agency, the department may provide, erect and maintain the necessary camps. The secretary shall supervise and manage the necessary camps and commissaries.
RCW 72.02.160 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 02 / Section 160
RCW 72.02.160: Disturbances at state penal facilities—Utilization of outside law enforcement personnel—Scope.
Status: in_force

Whenever the secretary or the secretary's designee determines that due to a disturbance at a state penal facility within the jurisdiction of the department that the assistance of law enforcement officers in addition to department of corrections' personnel is required, the secretary may notify the Washington state patrol, the chief law enforcement officer of any nearby county and the county in which the facility is located, and the chief law enforcement officer of any municipality near the facility or in which the facility is located. These law enforcement agencies may provide such assistance as expressed in the contingency plan or plans, or as is deemed necessary by the secretary, or the secretary's designee, to restore order at the facility, consistent with the resources available to the law enforcement agencies and the law enforcement agencies' other statutory obligations. While on the grounds of a penal facility and acting under this section, all law enforcement officials shall be under the immediate control of their respective supervisors who shall be responsive to the secretary, or the secretary's designee, which designee need not be an employee of the department of corrections.
RCW 72.63.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 63 / Section 040
RCW 72.63.040: Available funds to support costs of implementation.
Status: in_force

The costs of implementation of the projects prescribed by this chapter shall be supported to the extent that funds are available under the provisions of chapter 77.100 RCW, and from correctional industries funds.
RCW 72.78.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 78 / Section 040
RCW 72.78.040: Pilot program limitations—Individual reentry plan liability limited.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in *RCW 72.78.030 is intended to shift the supervising responsibility or sanctioning authority from one government entity to another or give a community transition coordination network oversight responsibility for those activities or allow imposition of civil liability where none existed previously. (2) An individual reentry plan may not be used as the basis of liability against local government entities, or its officers or employees.
RCW 72.09.320 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 320
RCW 72.09.320: Community placement—Liability.
Status: in_force

The state of Washington, the department and its employees, community corrections officers, their staff, and volunteers who assist community corrections officers in the community placement program are not liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of community placement activities unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence. For purposes of this section, "volunteers" is defined according to RCW 51.12.035 .
RCW 72.01.480 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 01 / Section 480
RCW 72.01.480: Agreements with nonprofit organizations to provide services for persons admitted or committed to institutions.
Status: in_force

The secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with any nonprofit corporation or association for the purpose of providing and coordinating voluntary and community-based services for the treatment or rehabilitation of persons admitted or committed to any institution under the supervision of the department.
RCW 72.41.015 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 41 / Section 015
RCW 72.41.015: "Superintendent" defined.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this chapter "superintendent" means superintendent of the state school for the blind.
RCW 72.36.045 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 36 / Section 045
RCW 72.36.045: State veterans' homes—Maintenance defined.
Status: in_force

In the maintenance of the state veterans' homes by the state through the department of veterans affairs, such maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, the provision of members' room and board, medical and dental care, physical and occupational therapy, and recreational activities, with the necessary implementing transportation, equipment, and personnel therefor.
RCW 72.40.050 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 40 / Section 050
RCW 72.40.050: Admission of nonresidents.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendents may admit to their respective schools visually or hearing impaired children from other states as appropriate, but the parents or guardians of such children or other state will be required to pay annually or quarterly in advance a sufficient amount to cover the cost of maintaining and educating such children as set by the applicable superintendent. (2) The admission and retention criteria developed and published by each school superintendent shall contain a provision allowing the schools to refuse to admit or retain a nonresident student who is an adjudicated sex offender, or the equivalent under the laws of the state in which the student resides, except that the schools shall not admit or retain a nonresident student who is an adjudicated level III sex offender or the equivalent under the laws of the state in which the student resides.
RCW 72.09.588 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 588
RCW 72.09.588: Incarcerated individuals who are pregnant—Midwifery or doula services—Reasonable accommodations.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must make reasonable accommodations for the provision of available midwifery or doula services to incarcerated individuals who are pregnant or who have given birth in the last six weeks. Persons providing midwifery or doula services must be granted appropriate facility access, must be allowed to attend and provide assistance during labor and childbirth where feasible, and must have access to the incarcerated individual's relevant health care information, as defined in RCW 70.02.010 , if the incarcerated individual authorizes disclosure. (2) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (a) "Doula services" are services provided by a trained doula and designed to provide physical, emotional, or informational support to a pregnant individual before, during, and after delivery of a child. Doula services may include, but are not limited to: Support and assistance during labor and childbirth; prenatal and postpartum education; breastfeeding assistance; parenting education; and support in the event that an individual has been or will become separated from their child. (b) "Midwifery services" means medical aid rendered by a midwife to an individual during prenatal, intrapartum, or postpartum stages or to an individual's newborn up to two weeks of age. (c) "Midwife" means a midwife licensed under chapter 18.50 RCW or an *advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW. (3) Nothing in this section prevents the department from adopting policy guidelines for the delivery of midwifery or doula services to incarcerated individuals, or from contracting with a nonprofit organization or partnering with volunteers to deliver these services to incarcerated individuals. Services provided under this section may not supplant health care services routinely provided to the incarcerated individual.
RCW 72.23.290 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 290
RCW 72.23.290: Transfer of patients—Authority of transferee.
Status: in_force

Whenever it appears to be to the best interests of the patients concerned, the department shall have the authority to transfer such patients among the various state hospitals pursuant to rules and regulations established by said department. The superintendent of a state hospital shall also have authority to transfer patients eligible for treatment to the veterans administration or other United States government agency where such transfer is satisfactory to such agency. Such agency shall possess the same authority over such patients as the superintendent would have possessed had the patient remained in a state hospital.
RCW 72.06.070 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 06 / Section 070
RCW 72.06.070: Mental health—Cooperation of department and state hospitals with local programs.
Status: in_force

The department and the several state hospitals for the mentally ill shall cooperate with local mental health programs by providing necessary information, recommendations relating to proper aftercare for patients paroled or discharged from such institutions and shall also supply the services of psychiatrists, psychologists and other persons specialized in mental illness as they are available.
RCW 72.05.152 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 05 / Section 152
RCW 72.05.152: Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance benefits prohibited—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

No inmate of a juvenile forest camp who is affected by this chapter or receives benefits pursuant to RCW 72.05.152 and 72.05.154 shall be considered as an employee or to be employed by the state or the department of social and health services or the department of natural resources, nor shall any such inmate, except those provided for in RCW 72.05.154 , come within any of the provisions of the workers' compensation act, or be entitled to any benefits thereunder, whether on behalf of himself or herself or any other person. All moneys paid to inmates shall be considered a gratuity.
RCW 72.04A.090 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 04A / Section 090
RCW 72.04A.090: Violations of parole or probation—Revision of parole conditions—Detention.
Status: in_force

Whenever a parolee breaches a condition or conditions under which he or she was granted parole, or violates any law of the state or rules and regulations of the indeterminate sentencing [sentence] review board, any probation and parole officer may arrest, or cause the arrest and suspension of parole of, such parolee without a warrant, pending a determination by the board. The facts and circumstances of such conduct of the parolee shall be reported by the probation and parole officer, with recommendations, to the indeterminate sentence review board, who may order the revocation or suspension of parole, revise or modify the conditions of parole or take such other action as may be deemed appropriate in accordance with RCW 9.95.120 . The indeterminate sentence review board, after consultation with the secretary of corrections, shall make all rules and regulations concerning procedural matters, which shall include the time when state probation and parole officers shall file with the board reports required by this section, procedures pertaining thereto and the filing of such information as may be necessary to enable the indeterminate sentence review board to perform its functions under this section. The probation and parole officers shall have like authority and power regarding the arrest and detention of a probationer who has breached a condition or conditions under which he or she was granted probation by the superior court, or violates any law of the state, pending a determination by the superior court. In the event a probation and parole officer shall arrest or cause the arrest and suspension of parole of a parolee or probationer in accordance with the provisions of this section, such parolee or probationer shall be confined and detained in the county jail of the county in which the parolee or probationer was taken into custody, and the sheriff of such county shall receive and keep in the county jail, where room is available, all prisoners delivered thereto by the probation and parole officer, and such parolees shall not be released from custody on bail or personal recognizance, except upon approval of the indeterminate sentence review board and the issuance by the board of an order of reinstatement on parole on the same or modified conditions of parole.
RCW 72.64.150 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 64 / Section 150
RCW 72.64.150: Interstate forest fire suppression compact.
Status: in_force

The Interstate Forest Fire Suppression Compact as set forth in this section is hereby enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with any and all other states legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE SUPPRESSION COMPACT ARTICLE I — Purpose The purpose of this compact is to provide for the development and execution of programs to facilitate the use of offenders in the forest fire suppression efforts of the party states for the ultimate protection of life, property, and natural resources in the party states. The purpose of this compact is also to, in emergent situations, allow a sending state to cross state lines with an inmate when, due to weather or road conditions, it is necessary to cross state lines to facilitate the transport of an inmate. ARTICLE II — Definitions As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Sending state" means a state party to this compact from which a fire suppression unit is traveling. (b) "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which a fire suppression unit is traveling. (c) "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is under sentence to or confined in a prison or other correctional institution. (d) "Institution" means any prison, reformatory, honor camp, or other correctional facility, except facilities for persons suffering from mental illness or persons with disabilities, in which inmates may lawfully be confined. (e) "Fire suppression unit" means a group of inmates selected by the sending states, corrections personnel, and any other persons deemed necessary for the transportation, supervision, care, security, and discipline of inmates to be used in forest fire suppression efforts in the receiving state. (f) "Forest fire" means any fire burning in any land designated by a party state or federal land management agencies as forestland. ARTICLE III — Contracts Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the assistance of one or more fire suppression units in forest fire suppression efforts. Any such contract shall provide for matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities, and rights of the sending and receiving state. The terms and provisions of this compact shall be part of any contract entered into by the authority of, or pursuant to, this compact. Nothing in any such contract may be inconsistent with this compact. ARTICLE IV — Procedures and Rights (a) Each party state shall appoint a liaison for the coordination and deployment of the fire suppression units of each party state. (b) Whenever the duly constituted judicial or administrative authorities in a state party to this compact that has entered into a contract pursuant to this compact decides that the assistance of a fire suppression unit of a party state is required for forest fire suppression efforts, such authorities may request the assistance of one or more fire suppression units of any state party to this compact through an appointed liaison. (c) Inmates who are members of a fire suppression unit shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state, and at all times shall be under the ultimate custody of corrections officers duly accredited by the sending state. (d) The receiving state shall make adequate arrangements for the confinement of inmates who are members of a fire suppression unit of a sending state in the event corrections officers duly accredited by the sending state make a discretionary determination that an inmate requires institutional confinement. (e) Cooperative efforts shall be made by corrections officers and personnel of the receiving state located at a fire camp with the corrections officers and other personnel of the sending state in the establishment and maintenance of fire suppression unit base camps. (f) All inmates who are members of a fire suppression unit of a sending state shall be cared for and treated equally with such similar inmates of the receiving state. (g) Further, in emergent situations a sending state shall be granted authority and all the protections of this compact to cross state lines with an inmate when, due to weather or road conditions, it is necessary to facilitate the transport of an inmate. ARTICLE V — Acts Not Reviewable in Receiving State; Extradition (a) If while located within the territory of a receiving state there occurs against the inmate within such state any criminal charge or if the inmate is suspected of committing within such state a criminal offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment, or detention for such offense. The duly accredited officers of the sending state shall be permitted to transport inmates pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this compact without interference. (b) An inmate member of a fire suppression unit of the sending state who is deemed to have escaped by a duly accredited corrections officer of a sending state shall be under the jurisdiction of both the sending state and the receiving state. Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to prevent or affect the activities of officers and guards of any jurisdiction directed toward the apprehension and return of an escapee. ARTICLE VI — Entry into Force This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the states so acting when it has been enacted into law by any two states from among the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. ARTICLE VII — Withdrawal and Termination This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a party state until it has enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party states. ARTICLE VIII — Other Arrangements Unaffected Nothing contained in this compact may be construed to abrogate or impair any agreement that a party state may have with a nonparty state for the confinement, rehabilitation, or treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a party state authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements. ARTICLE IX — Construction and Severability The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
RCW 72.68.020 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 68 / Section 020
RCW 72.68.020: Transportation of prisoners.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary shall transport prisoners under supervision: (a) To and between state correctional facilities under the jurisdiction of the secretary; (b) From a county, city, or municipal jail to an institution mentioned in (a) of this subsection and to a county, city, or municipal jail from an institution mentioned in (a) of this subsection. (2) The secretary may employ necessary persons for such purpose.
RCW 72.64.030 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 64 / Section 030
RCW 72.64.030: Prisoners required to work—Private benefit of enforcement officer prohibited.
Status: in_force

Every prisoner in a state correctional facility shall be required to work in such manner as may be prescribed by the secretary, other than for the private financial benefit of any enforcement officer.
RCW 72.42.021 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 42 / Section 021
RCW 72.42.021: Board of trustees—Membership—Terms—Effect of new or revised boundaries for congressional districts—Vacancies.
Status: in_force

(1) The governance of the center and the school shall be vested in a board of trustees. The board shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate. The board shall be composed of a resident from each of the state's congressional districts and may include: (a) One member who is deaf or hard of hearing; (b) Two members who are experienced educational professionals; (c) One member who is experienced in providing residential services to youth; and (d) One member who is the parent of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing and who is receiving or has received educational services related to deafness or hearing impairment from a public educational institution. (2) No voting trustee may be an employee of the school or the center, a member of the board of directors of any school district, a member of the governing board of any public or private educational institution or an elected officer or member of the legislative authority of any municipal corporation. No more than two voting trustees may be school district or educational service district administrators appointed after July 1, 1986. (3) Trustees shall be appointed by the governor to serve a term of five years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of a term shall be appointed within sixty days of the vacancy and appointed only for the remainder of the term. Of the initial members, three must be appointed for two-year terms, three must be appointed for three-year terms, and the remainder must be appointed for five-year terms. (4) The board shall not be deemed unlawfully constituted and a trustee shall not be deemed ineligible to serve the remainder of the trustee's unexpired term on the board solely by reason of the establishment of new or revised boundaries for congressional districts. In such an event, each trustee may continue to serve in office for the balance of the term for which he or she was appointed so long as the trustee continues to reside within the boundaries of the congressional district as they existed at the time of his or her appointment. Vacancies which occur in a trustee position during the balance of any term shall be filled pursuant to subsection (3) of this section by a successor who resides within the boundaries of the congressional district from which the member whose office was vacated was appointed as they existed at the time of his or her appointment. At the completion of such term, and thereafter, a successor shall be appointed from the congressional district which corresponds in number with the congressional district from which the incumbent was appointed.
RCW 72.23.451 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 23 / Section 451
RCW 72.23.451: Annual report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

By September 1st of each year, the department shall report to the house committee on commerce and labor and the senate committee on commerce and trade, or successor committees, on the department's efforts to reduce violence in the state hospitals.
RCW 72.41.025 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 41 / Section 025
RCW 72.41.025: Membership, effect of creation of new congressional districts or boundaries.
Status: in_force

The terms of office of trustees on the board for the state school for the blind who are appointed from the various congressional districts shall not be affected by the creation of either new boundaries for congressional districts or additional districts. In such an event, each trustee may continue to serve in office for the balance of the term for which he or she was appointed: PROVIDED, That the trustee continues to reside within the boundaries of the congressional district as they existed at the time of his or her appointment. Vacancies which occur in a trustee position during the balance of any such term shall be filled pursuant to RCW 72.41.020 , as now or hereafter amended, by a successor who resides within the boundaries of the congressional district from which the member whose office was vacated was appointed as they existed at the time of his or her election. At the completion of such term, and thereafter, a successor shall be appointed from the congressional district which corresponds in number with the congressional district from which the incumbent was appointed.
RCW 72.09.713 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 713
RCW 72.09.713: Prisoner escape, parole, release, community custody or work release placement, or furlough—Notice of work release placement.
Status: in_force

(1) When a victim of a crime or the victim's next of kin requests notice under RCW 72.09.712 regarding a specific inmate, the department shall advise the requester in writing of the possibility that part of the sentence may be served by the inmate in a work release facility and instruct the requester on how to submit input to the department regarding the inmate's work release placement. (2) When the department notifies a victim or the victim's next of kin under RCW 72.09.712 of an offender's placement in work release, the department shall also provide instruction on how to submit input regarding the offender's work release placement. (3) The department shall consider any input received from a victim or the victim's next of kin under subsection (1) or (2) of this section if the input is received at least seven days prior to the offender's placement in work release. The department may consider any input from a victim or the victim's next of kin under subsection (1) or (2) of this section if the input is received less than seven days prior to the offender's placement in work release. The department may alter its placement decision based on any input considered under this subsection.
RCW 72.68.090 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 68 / Section 090
RCW 72.68.090: Federal prisoners, or from other state or federally recognized tribe—Per diem rate for keep.
Status: in_force

The secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with the proper officers or agencies of the United States, federally recognized tribes, and of other states and territories of the United States relative to the per diem rate to be paid the state of Washington for the conditions of the keep of each prisoner.
RCW 72.09.718 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 718
RCW 72.09.718: Prisoner escape, release, or furlough—Notification as additional requirement.
Status: in_force

The notification requirements of RCW 72.09.712 are in addition to any requirements in RCW 43.43.745 or other law.
RCW 72.68.001 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 68 / Section 001
RCW 72.68.001: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Department" means the department of corrections. (2) "Private correctional entity" means a for-profit contractor or for-profit vendor who provides services relating to the ownership, management, or administration of security services of a correctional facility for the incarceration of persons. (3) "Secretary" means the secretary of corrections.
RCW 72.66.010 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 66 / Section 010
RCW 72.66.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) "Department" means the department of corrections. (2) "Emergency furlough" means a specially expedited furlough granted to a resident to enable him or her to meet an emergency situation, such as the death or critical illness of a member of his or her family. (3) "Furlough" means an authorized leave of absence for an eligible resident, without any requirement that the resident be accompanied by, or be in the custody of, any law enforcement or corrections official while on such leave. (4) "Resident" means a person convicted of a felony and serving a sentence for a term of confinement in a state correctional institution or facility, or a state approved work or training release facility. (5) "Secretary" means the secretary of corrections, or his or her designee or designees.
RCW 72.70.030 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 70 / Section 030
RCW 72.70.030: Responsibilities of courts, departments, agencies and officers.
Status: in_force

The courts, departments, agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions shall enforce this compact and shall do all things appropriate to the effectuation of its purposes and intent which may be within their respective jurisdictions including but not limited to the making and submission of such reports as are required by the compact.
RCW 72.09.335 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 09 / Section 335
RCW 72.09.335: Sex offenders—Treatment assessment and opportunity.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall determine placement for sex offender treatment by assessing the offender's risk for sexual reoffense as the primary factor. The department shall offer offenders the opportunity for sex offender treatment during incarceration based on the following priority: (a) Offenders who are assessed as high risk for sexual reoffense; (b) Offenders sentenced under RCW 9.94A.507 who are assessed as moderate risk for sexual reoffense; (c) Offenders not sentenced under RCW 9.94A.507 who are assessed as moderate risk for sexual reoffense; (d) Offenders sentenced under RCW 9.94A.507 who are assessed as low risk for sexual reoffense but whose potential release under RCW 9.95.420 will require participation in sex offender treatment, as determined by the indeterminate sentence review board. (2) As capacity allows, offenders not sentenced under RCW 9.94A.507 who are assessed as low risk for sexual reoffense may be offered the opportunity for sex offender treatment during incarceration. (3) This section creates no enforceable right to participate in sex offender treatment.
RCW 72.10.040 — Washington Code / Title 72 / Chapter 10 / Section 040
RCW 72.10.040: Rules.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall have the power to make rules necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.