Title 72 — Title 72 STATE INSTITUTIONS
33 chapters · 476 sections in this title.
RCW 72.02.015 Powers of court or judge not impaired.
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or impair the power of any court or judge having jurisdiction to pronounce sentence upon a person to whom this chapter applies, to fix the term of imprisonment and to order commitment, according to law, nor to deny the right …
RCW 72.02.040 Secretary acting for department exercises powers and duties.
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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.[ 1981 c 136 s 79; 1970 ex.s. c 18 s 57; …
RCW 72.02.045 Superintendent's authority.
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The superintendent of each institution has the powers, duties, and responsibilities specified in this section.(1) Subject to the rules of the department, the superintendent is responsible for the supervision and management of the institution, the grounds and buildings, the subord…
RCW 72.02.055 Appointment of associate superintendents.
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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 superi…
RCW 72.02.100 Earnings, clothing, transportation, subsistence payments, and rental vouchers upon release of certain prisoners.
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(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…
RCW 72.02.110 Weekly payments to certain released prisoners.
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As state, federal or other funds are available, the secretary of corrections or his or her designee is authorized, in his or her discretion, not to provide the forty dollars subsistence money or the optional sixty dollars to a person or persons released as described in RCW 72.02.…
RCW 72.02.150 Disturbances at state penal facilities—Development of contingency plans—Scope—Local participation.
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The secretary or the secretary's designee shall be responsible for the preparation of contingency plans for dealing with disturbances at state penal facilities. The plans shall be developed or revised in cooperation with representatives of state and local agencies at least annual…
RCW 72.02.160 Disturbances at state penal facilities—Utilization of outside law enforcement personnel—Scope.
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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 secreta…
RCW 72.02.200 Reception and classification units.
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There shall be units known as reception and classification centers which, subject to the rules and regulations of the department, shall be charged with the function of receiving and classifying all persons committed or transferred to the institution, taking into consideration age…
RCW 72.02.210 Sentence—Commitment to reception units.
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Any offender convicted of an offense punishable by imprisonment, except an offender sentenced to death, shall, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, be sentenced to imprisonment in a penal institution under the jurisdiction of the department without designating the n…
RCW 72.02.220 Cooperation with reception units by state agencies.
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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 histo…
RCW 72.02.230 Persons to be received for classification and placement.
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The division of prisons shall receive all persons convicted of a felony by the superior court and committed by the superior court to the reception units for classification and placement in such facility as the secretary shall designate. The superintendent of these institutions sh…
RCW 72.02.240 Secretary to determine placement—What laws govern confinement, parole and discharge.
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The secretary shall determine the state correctional institution in which the offender shall be confined during the term of imprisonment. The confinement of any offender shall be governed by the laws applicable to the institution to which the offender is certified for confinement…
RCW 72.02.250 Commitment of convicted female persons—Procedure as to death sentences.
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All female persons convicted in the superior courts of a felony and sentenced to a term of confinement, shall be committed to the Washington correctional institution for women. Female persons sentenced to death shall be committed to the Washington correctional institution for wom…
RCW 72.02.260 Letters of inmates may be withheld.
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Whenever the superintendent of an institution withholds from mailing letters written by inmates of such institution, the superintendent shall forward such letters to the secretary of corrections or the secretary's designee for study and the inmate shall be forthwith notified that…
RCW 72.02.270 Abused victims—Murder of abuser—Notice of provisions for reduction in sentence.
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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 f…
RCW 72.02.280 Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures unrated after November 1968 or rated X or NC-17 by the motion picture association of America shall not be shown in adult correctional facilities.[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 808.]Notes:Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.