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Washington Statutes, Title 72

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Title 72, STATE INSTITUTIONS

33 chapters · 477 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 72477 Ch 72.09, Department of corrections.115 Ch 72.01, Administration.43 Ch 72.23, Public and private facilities for me…40 Ch 72.40, State schools for blind, deaf, senso…30 Ch 72.05, Children and youth services.23 Ch 72.36, Soldiers' and veterans' homes and ve…21 Ch 72.66, Furloughs for prisoners.20 Ch 72.68, Transfer, removal, transportation—De…18 Ch 72.02, Adult corrections.17 Ch 72.64, Labor and employment of prisoners.16 Ch 72.65, Work release program.16 Ch 72.20, Maple Lane school.9 Ch 72.10, Health care services—Department of c…8 Ch 72.41, Board of trustees—School for the blind.8

16 sections·Filtered byTitle 72✕Ch 72.64✕

RCW 72.64.001 Definitions.
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As used in this chapter: "Department" means the department of corrections; and "Secretary" means the secretary of corrections. [ 1981 c 136 s 108.] Notes: Effective date—1981 c 136: See RCW 72.09.900.
RCW 72.64.010 Useful employment of prisoners—Contract system barred.
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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. [ 2012 c 117 s 478; 1979 c …
RCW 72.64.020 Rules and regulations.
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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. [ 1979 c 141 s 266; 1959 c 28 s 72.64.020. Prior: 1943 c 1…
RCW 72.64.030 Prisoners required to work—Private benefit of enforcement officer prohibited.
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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. [ 1992 c 7 s 54; 1979 c 141 s 267; 1961 c 171 s 1; 1959 c 28 s 72.64.030. Prior…

RCW 72.64.040 Crediting of earnings—Payment.

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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 un…

RCW 72.64.050 Branch institutions—Work camps for certain purposes.

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The secretary shall also have the power to establish temporary branch institutions for state correctional facilities in the form of camps for the employment of prisoners therein in farming, reforestation, wood-cutting, land clearing, processing of foods in state canneries, forest…

RCW 72.64.060 Labor camps authorized—Type of work permitted—Contracts.

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Any department, division, bureau, commission, or other agency of the state of Washington or any agency of any political subdivision thereof or the federal government may use, or cause to be used, prisoners confined in state penal or correctional institutions to perform work neces…

RCW 72.64.065 Industrial insurance—Application to certain inmates—Payment of premiums and assessments.

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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…

RCW 72.64.070 Industrial insurance—Eligibility for employment—Procedure—Return.

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The department shall determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment under RCW 72.64.060, and shall establish and modify lists of prisoners eligible for such employment, upon the requisition of an agency mentioned in RCW 72.64.060. The secretary may send to the place, …

RCW 72.64.080 Industrial insurance—Duties of employing agency—Costs—Supervision.

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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 departm…

RCW 72.64.090 Industrial insurance—Department's jurisdiction.

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The department shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of the prisoners performing work under RCW 72.64.060 through 72.64.090. [ 1959 c 28 s 72.64.090. Prior: 1955 c 128 s 4. Formerly RCW 43.28.530.]

RCW 72.64.100 Regional jail camps—Authorized—Purposes—Rules.

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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 regulatio…

RCW 72.64.110 Contracts to furnish county prisoners confinement, care, and employment—Reimbursement by county—Sheriff's order—Return of prisoner.

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(1) The secretary may enter into a contract with any county of the state, upon the request of the sheriff thereof, wherein the secretary agrees to furnish confinement, care, treatment, and employment of county prisoners. The county shall reimburse the state for the cost of such s…

RCW 72.64.150 Interstate forest fire suppression compact.

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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 ART…

RCW 72.64.160 Inmate forest fire suppression crews—Classification—Gratuity/wage.

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(1) For the purposes of RCW 72.64.150, inmate forest fire suppression crews may be considered a class I free venture industry, as defined in RCW 72.09.100, when fighting fires on federal lands. (2) For the purposes of RCW 72.64.050, inmate forest fire suppression and support crew…

RCW 72.64.900 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

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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 …