Title 72 — Title 72 STATE INSTITUTIONS
33 chapters · 476 sections in this title.
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.
RCW 72.04A.050 Transfer of certain powers and duties of board of prison terms and paroles to secretary of corrections.
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The powers and duties of the state *board of prison terms and paroles, relating to (1) the supervision of parolees of any of the state penal institutions, (2) the supervision of persons placed on probation by the courts, and (3) duties with respect to persons conditionally pardon…
RCW 72.04A.070 Plans and recommendations for conditions of supervision of parolees.
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The secretary of corrections shall cause to be prepared plans and recommendations for the conditions of supervision under which each inmate of any state penal institutions who is eligible for parole may be released from custody. Such plans and recommendations shall be submitted t…
RCW 72.04A.080 Parolees subject to supervision of department—Progress reports.
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Each inmate hereafter released on parole shall be subject to the supervision of the department of corrections, and the probation and parole officers of the department shall be charged with the preparation of progress reports of parolees and to give guidance and supervision to suc…
RCW 72.04A.090 Violations of parole or probation—Revision of parole conditions—Detention.
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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 …
RCW 72.04A.900 RCW 72.04A.050 through 72.04A.090 inapplicable to felonies committed after July 1, 1984.
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The following sections of law do not apply to any felony offense committed on or after July 1, 1984: RCW 72.04A.050, 72.04A.070, 72.04A.080, and 72.04A.090.[ 1981 c 137 s 34.]Notes:
RCW 72.05.010 Declaration of purpose.
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(1) The purposes of RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210 are: To provide for every child with behavior problems, persons with disabilities, and hearing and visually impaired children, within the purview of RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210, as now or hereafter amended, such care, guidan…
RCW 72.05.020 Definitions.
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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:(1) "Community facility" means a group care facility operated for the care of juveniles committed to the department under RCW 13.40.185. A county detention facility that houses juveniles committed to the department un…
RCW 72.05.130 Powers and duties of department—"Close security" institutions designated.
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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 person…
RCW 72.05.150 "Minimum security" institutions.
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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 fores…
RCW 72.05.152 Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance benefits prohibited—Exceptions.
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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 resource…
RCW 72.05.154 Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance—Eligibility for benefits—Exceptions.
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From and after July 1, 1973, any inmate working in a juvenile forest camp established and operated pursuant to RCW 72.05.150, pursuant to an agreement between the department of children, youth, and families and the department of natural resources shall be eligible for the benefit…
RCW 72.05.160 Contracts with other divisions, agencies authorized.
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In carrying out the provisions of RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210, the department shall have power to contract with other divisions or departments of the state or its political subdivisions, with any agency of the federal government, or with any private social agency.[ 1979 c 141…
RCW 72.05.170 Counseling and consultative services.
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The department may provide professional counseling services to delinquent children and their parents, consultative services to communities dealing with problems of children and youth, and may give assistance to law enforcement agencies by means of juvenile control officers who ma…
RCW 72.05.200 Parental right to provide treatment preserved.
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Nothing in RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210 shall be construed as limiting the right of a parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis in providing any medical or other remedial treatment recognized or permitted under the laws of this state.[ 1959 c 28 s 72.05.200. Prior: …
RCW 72.05.210 Juvenile court law—Applicability—Synonymous terms.
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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",…
RCW 72.05.310 Parental schools—Personnel.
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The department may employ personnel, including but not limited to, superintendents and all other officers, agents, and teachers necessary to the operation of parental schools.[ 1979 c 141 s 184; 1959 c 28 s 72.05.310. Prior: 1957 c 297 s 3. Formerly RCW 43.28.170.]
RCW 72.05.400 Operation of community facility—Establishing or relocating—Public participation required—Secretary's duties.
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(1) Whenever the department operates, or the secretary enters a contract to operate, a community facility, the community facility may be operated only after the public notification and opportunities for review and comment as required by this section.(2) The secretary shall establ…
RCW 72.05.405 Juveniles in community facility—Infraction policy—Return to institution upon serious violation—Definitions by rule.
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The department shall adopt an infraction policy for juveniles placed in community facilities. The policy shall require written documentation by the department and service providers of all infractions and violations by juveniles of conditions set by the department. Any juvenile wh…
RCW 72.05.410 Violations by juveniles in community facility—Toll-free hotline for reporting.
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(1) The department shall publish and operate a staffed, toll-free twenty-four-hour hotline for the purpose of receiving reports of violation of conditions set for juveniles who are placed in community facilities.(2) The department shall include the phone number on all documents d…
RCW 72.05.415 Establishing community placement oversight committees—Review and recommendations—Liability—Travel expenses—Notice to law enforcement of placement decisions.
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(1) The secretary shall develop a process with local governments that allows each community to establish a community placement oversight committee. The department may conduct community awareness activities. The community placement oversight committees developed pursuant to this s…
RCW 72.05.420 Placement in community facility—Necessary conditions and actions—Department's duties.
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(1) The department shall not initially place an offender in a community facility unless:(a) The department has conducted a risk assessment, including a determination of drug and alcohol abuse, and the results indicate the juvenile will pose not more than a minimum risk to public …
RCW 72.05.425 Student records and information—Necessary for risk assessment, security classification, and proper placement—Rules.
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(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 …
RCW 72.05.430 Placement and supervision of juveniles in community facility—Monitoring requirements—Copies of agreements.
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(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 facil…
RCW 72.05.435 Common use of residential group homes for juvenile offenders—Placement of juvenile convicted of a class A felony.
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(1) The department shall establish by rule a policy for the common use of residential group homes for juvenile offenders under the jurisdiction of the department.(2) A juvenile confined under the jurisdiction of the department who is convicted of a class A felony is not eligible …
RCW 72.05.440 Eligibility for employment or volunteer position with juveniles—Must report convictions—Rules.
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(1) A person shall not be eligible for an employed or volunteer position within the department of children, youth, and families or any agency with which it contracts in which the person may have regular access to juveniles under the jurisdiction of the department of children, you…
RCW 72.05.450 Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.
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(1) Except in extraordinary circumstances no restraints of any kind may be used on any pregnant youth in an institution or a community facility covered by this chapter during transportation to and from visits to medical providers and court proceedings during the third trimester o…
RCW 72.05.451 Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Provision of information to staff and pregnant youth in custody.
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(1) The secretary shall provide an informational packet about the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to all medical staff and nonmedical staff of the institution or community facility who are involved in the transportation of youth who are pregnant, as well as such other s…
RCW 72.05.460 Youth adjudicated/sentenced by tribal court—Department may provide residential custody services in state juvenile rehabilitation facility—Contract between department and tribe.
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(1) The department may provide residential custody services in a state juvenile rehabilitation facility to youth adjudicated and sentenced by a court of any federally recognized Indian tribe located within the state of Washington, pursuant to a contract between the department and…
RCW 72.06.010 "Department" defined.
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"Department" for the purposes of this chapter shall mean the department of social and health services.[ 1970 ex.s. c 18 s 59; 1959 c 28 s 72.06.010. Prior: 1957 c 272 s 9. Formerly RCW 43.28.040.]Notes:Effective date—Severability—1970 ex.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 43.20A.01…
RCW 72.06.050 Mental health—Dissemination of information and advice by department.
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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 advisi…
RCW 72.06.060 Mental health—Psychiatric outpatient clinics.
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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 b…
RCW 72.06.070 Mental health—Cooperation of department and state hospitals with local programs.
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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 t…
RCW 72.09.010 Legislative intent.
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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 pr…
RCW 72.09.015 Definitions.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2539-S.SL) ***The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Adult basic education" means education or instruction designed to achieve general competence of skills in reading, writing, and oral communication, including English as a …
RCW 72.09.030 Department created—Secretary.
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There is created a department of state government to be known as the department of corrections. The executive head of the department shall be the secretary of corrections who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The secretary shall serve at the pleas…
RCW 72.09.040 Transfer of functions from department of social and health services.
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All powers, duties, and functions assigned to the secretary of social and health services and to the department of social and health services relating to adult correctional programs and institutions are hereby transferred to the secretary of corrections and to the department of c…
RCW 72.09.050 Powers and duties of secretary.
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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. I…
RCW 72.09.055 Affordable housing—Inventory of suitable property.
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(1) The department shall identify and catalog real property that is no longer required for department purposes and is suitable for the development of affordable housing for very low-income, low-income, and moderate-income households as defined in RCW 43.63A.510. The inventory sha…
RCW 72.09.057 Fees for reproduction, shipment, and certification of documents and records.
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The department may charge reasonable fees for the reproduction, shipment, and certification of documents, records, and other materials in the files of the department.[ 1995 c 189 s 2.]
RCW 72.09.060 Organization of department—Program for public involvement and volunteers.
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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, a…