Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 9 Crimes And Punishments - Chapter 9.95 Indeterminate Sentences

  • 9.95.0001 Definitions
    (1) "Board" means the indeterminate sentence review board. (2) "Community custody" means that portion of an offender's sentence subject to controls including crime-related prohibitions and ...
  • 9.95.001 Board of prison terms and paroles redesignated as indeterminate sentence review board
    On July 1, 1986, the board of prison terms and paroles shall be redesignated the indeterminate sentence review board. The newly designated board shall retain ...
  • 9.95.002 Board considered parole board
    The indeterminate sentence review board, in fulfilling its duties under the provisions of chapter 12, Laws of 2001 2nd sp. sess., shall be considered a ...
  • 9.95.003 Appointment of board members -- Qualifications -- Duties of chairman -- Salaries and travel expenses -- Employees
    The board shall consist of a chairman and four other members, each of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the ...
  • 9.95.005 Board meetings -- Quarters at institutions
    The board shall meet at major state correctional institutions at such times as may be necessary for a full and complete study of the cases ...
  • 9.95.007 Transaction of board's business in panels -- Action by full board
    The board may meet and transact business in panels. Each board panel shall consist of at least two members of the board. In all matters ...
  • 9.95.009 Board of prison terms and paroles -- Existence ceases July 1, 1986 -- Reductions in membership -- Continuation of functions
    (1) On July 1, 1986, the board of prison terms and paroles shall be redesignated as the indeterminate sentence review board. The board's membership shall ...
  • 9.95.010 Court to fix maximum sentence
    When a person, whose crime was committed before July 1, 1984, is convicted of any felony, except treason, murder in the first degree, or carnal ...
  • 9.95.011 Minimum terms
    (1) When the court commits a convicted person to the department of corrections on or after July 1, 1986, for an offense committed before July ...
  • 9.95.013 Application of sentencing reform act to board decision
    The board shall apply all of the statutory requirements of RCW 9.95.009(2), requiring decisions of the board to be reasonably consistent with the ranges, standards, ...
  • 9.95.015 Finding of fact or special verdict establishing defendant armed with deadly weapon
    In every criminal case wherein conviction would require the board to determine the duration of confinement, or the court to make such determination for persons ...
  • 9.95.017 Criteria for confinement and parole
    (1) The board shall cause to be prepared criteria for duration of confinement, release on parole, and length of parole for persons committed to prison ...
  • 9.95.020 Duties of superintendent of correctional institution
    If the sentence of a person so convicted is not suspended by the court, the superintendent of a major state correctional institution shall receive such ...
  • 9.95.028 Statement of prosecuting attorney provided to department, when
    It is the intent of the legislature to expedite the inmate classification process of the department of corrections. The statement of the prosecuting attorney regarding ...
  • 9.95.030 Statement to indeterminate sentence review board
    At the time the convicted person is transported to the custody of the department of corrections, the indeterminate sentence review board shall obtain from the ...
  • 9.95.031 Statement of prosecuting attorney
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  • 9.95.032 Statement of prosecuting attorney -- Delivery of statement
    Such statement shall be signed by the prosecuting attorney and approved by the judge by whom the judgment was rendered and shall be delivered to ...
  • 9.95.040 Terms fixed by board -- Minimums for certain cases
    The board shall fix the duration of confinement for persons committed by the court before July 1, 1986, for crimes committed before July 1, 1984. ...
  • 9.95.045 Abused victim--Reduction in sentence for murder of abuser--Petition for review
    (1) An inmate convicted of murder may petition the indeterminate sentence review board to review the inmate's sentence if the petition alleges the following: (a) ...
  • 9.95.047 Abused victim--Considerations of board in reviewing petition
    (1) If an inmate under the board's jurisdiction files a petition for review under RCW 9.95.045, the board shall review the duration of the inmate's ...
  • 9.95.052 Redetermination and refixing of minimum term of confinement
    At any time after the board (or the court after July 1, 1986) has determined the minimum term of confinement of any person subject to ...
  • 9.95.055 Reduction of sentences during war emergency
    The indeterminate sentence review board is hereby granted authority, in the event of a declaration by the governor that a war emergency exists, including a ...
  • 9.95.060 When sentence begins to run
    When a convicted person seeks appellate review of his or her conviction and is at liberty on bond pending the determination of the proceeding by ...
  • 9.95.062 Stay of judgment -- When prohibited -- Credit for jail time pending appeal
    (1) Notwithstanding CrR 3.2 or RAP 7.2, an appeal by a defendant in a criminal action shall not stay the execution of the judgment of ...
  • 9.95.063 Conviction upon new trial -- Former imprisonment deductible
    If a defendant who has been imprisoned during the pendency of any post-trial proceeding in any state or federal court shall be again convicted upon ...
  • 9.95.064 Conditions of release
    (1) In order to minimize the trauma to the victim, the court may attach conditions on release of an offender under RCW 9.95.062, convicted of ...
  • 9.95.070 Reductions for good behavior
    (1) Every prisoner, convicted of a crime committed before July 1, 1984, who has a favorable record of conduct at a state correctional institution, and ...
  • 9.95.080 Revocation and redetermination of minimum for infractions
    In case any person convicted of a crime committed before July 1, 1984, and under the jurisdiction of the indeterminate sentence review board undergoing sentence ...
  • 9.95.090 Labor required
    (1) The board shall require of every able bodied offender confined in a state correctional institution for a crime committed before July 1, 1984, as ...
  • 9.95.100 Prisoner released on serving maximum term
    Any person convicted of a felony committed before July 1, 1984, and undergoing sentence in a state correctional institution, not sooner released under the provisions ...
  • 9.95.110 Parole
    (1) The board may permit an offender convicted of a crime committed before July 1, 1984, to leave the buildings and enclosures of a state ...
  • 9.95.115 Parole of life term prisoners -- Crimes committed before July 1, 1984
    The indeterminate sentence review board is hereby granted authority to parole any person sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections, under a mandatory ...
  • 9.95.116 Duration of confinement -- Mandatory life sentences -- Crimes committed before July 1, 1984
    (1) The board shall fix the duration of confinement for persons committed to the custody of the department of corrections under a mandatory life sentence ...
  • 9.95.117 Parolees subject to supervision of department of corrections -- Progress reports
    See RCW 72.04A.080. ...
  • 9.95.119 Plans and recommendations for conditions of supervision of parolees
    See RCW 72.04A.070. ...
  • 9.95.120 Suspension, revision of parole -- Community corrections officers -- Hearing -- Retaking violators -- Reinstatement
    Whenever the board or a community corrections officer of this state has reason to believe a person convicted of a crime committed before July 1, ...
  • 9.95.121 On-site revocation hearing -- Procedure when waived
    (1) For offenders convicted of crimes committed before July 1, 1984, within fifteen days from the date of notice to the department of corrections of ...
  • 9.95.122 On-site revocation hearing -- Representation for alleged violators -- Compensation
    (1) At any on-site parole revocation hearing for a person convicted of a crime committed before July 1, 1984, the alleged parole violator shall be ...
  • 9.95.123 On-site revocation hearing -- Conduct -- Witnesses -- Subpoenas, enforcement
    In conducting on-site parole or community custody revocation hearings or community custody violations hearings, the board shall have the authority to administer oaths and affirmations, ...
  • 9.95.124 On-site revocation hearing -- Attorney general's recommendations -- Procedural rules
    At all on-site parole revocation hearings for offenders convicted of crimes committed before July 1, 1984, the community corrections officers of the department of corrections, ...
  • 9.95.125 On-site parole revocation hearing -- Board's decision -- Reinstatement or revocation of parole
    After the on-site parole revocation hearing for a person convicted of a crime committed before July 1, 1984, has been concluded, the members of the ...
  • 9.95.126 On-site revocation hearing -- Cooperation in providing facilities
    All officers and employees of the state, counties, cities and political subdivisions of this state shall cooperate with the board in making available suitable facilities ...
  • 9.95.130 Parole-revoked offender as escapee
    From and after the suspension, cancellation, or revocation of the parole of any offender convicted of a crime committed before July 1, 1984, and until ...
  • 9.95.140 Record of parolees -- Privacy -- Sexual offender information release -- Immunity from liability -- Cooperation by officials and employees
    (1) The board shall cause a complete record to be kept of every prisoner under the jurisdiction of the board released on parole or community ...
  • 9.95.143 Court-ordered treatment--Required disclosures
    When an offender receiving court-ordered mental health or chemical dependency treatment or treatment ordered by the department of corrections presents for treatment from a mental ...
  • 9.95.150 Rules and regulations
    The board shall make all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter not inconsistent therewith, and may provide the forms ...
  • 9.95.155 Rule making regarding sex offenders
    See RCW 72.09.337. ...
  • 9.95.160 Governor's powers not affected -- Revocation of paroles granted by board
    This chapter shall not limit or circumscribe the powers of the governor to commute the sentence of, or grant a pardon to, any convicted person, ...
  • 9.95.170 Board to inform itself as to each convict -- Records from department of corrections
    To assist it in fixing the duration of a convicted person's term of confinement, and in fixing the condition for release from custody on parole, ...
  • 9.95.190 Application of RCW 9.95.010 through 9.95.170 to inmates previously committed
    The provisions of RCW 9.95.010 through 9.95.170, inclusive, shall apply to all convicted persons serving time in a state correctional facility for crimes committed before ...
  • 9.95.195 Final discharge of parolee -- Restoration of civil rights -- Governor's pardoning power not affected
    See RCW 9.96.050. ...
  • 9.95.200 Probation by court -- Investigation by secretary of corrections
    After conviction by plea or verdict of guilty of any crime, the court upon application or its own motion, may summarily grant or deny probation, ...
  • 9.95.204 Misdemeanant probation services -- County supervision
    (1) When a superior court places a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor on probation and orders supervision under RCW 9.92.060 or 9.95.210, ...
  • 9.95.206 Misdemeanant probation services -- Offender classification system -- Supervision standards
    (1) Probation supervision of misdemeanant offenders sentenced in a superior court must be based upon an offender classification system and supervision standards. (2) Any entity ...
  • 9.95.210 Conditions of probation
    (1) In granting probation, the superior court may suspend the imposition or the execution of the sentence and may direct that the suspension may continue ...
  • 9.95.212 Standards for supervision of misdemeanant probationers
    The Washington state law and justice advisory council, appointed under *RCW 72.09.300(7), shall by October 1, 1995, develop proposed standards for the supervision of misdemeanant ...
  • 9.95.214 Assessment for supervision of misdemeanant probationers
    Whenever a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor is placed on probation under RCW 9.92.060 or 9.95.210, and the defendant is supervised by ...
  • 9.95.215 Counties may provide probation and parole services
    See RCW 36.01.070. ...
  • 9.95.220 Violation of probation -- Rearrest -- Imprisonment
    Whenever the state parole officer or other officer under whose supervision the probationer has been placed shall have reason to believe such probationer is violating ...
  • 9.95.230 Court revocation or termination of probation
    The court shall have authority at any time prior to the entry of an order terminating probation to (1) revoke, modify, or change its order ...
  • 9.95.240 Dismissal of information or indictment after probation completed -- Vacation of conviction
    (1) Every defendant who has fulfilled the conditions of his or her probation for the entire period thereof, or who shall have been discharged from ...
  • 9.95.250 Community corrections officers
    In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter 9.95 RCW the parole officers working under the supervision of the secretary of corrections shall ...
  • 9.95.260 Indeterminate sentence review board -- Supervision of conditionally pardoned persons -- Hearing
    (1) The indeterminate sentence review board shall, when requested by the governor, pass on the representations made in support of applications for pardons for convicted ...
  • 9.95.265 Report to governor and legislature
    The board shall transmit to the governor and to the legislature, as often as the governor may require it, a report of its work, in ...
  • 9.95.267 Transfer of certain powers and duties of board to secretary of corrections
    See RCW 72.04A.050. ...
  • 9.95.270 Compacts for out-of-state supervision of parolees or probationers -- Uniform act
    The governor of this state is hereby authorized to execute a compact on behalf of the state of Washington with any of the United States ...
  • 9.95.280 Return of parole violators from another state -- Deputizing out-of-state officers
    The board may deputize any person (regularly employed by another state) to act as an officer and agent of this state in effecting the return ...
  • 9.95.290 Return of parole violators from another state -- Deputization procedure
    Any deputization pursuant to this statute with regard to an offender convicted of a crime committed before July 1, 1984, shall be in writing and ...
  • 9.95.300 Return of parole violators from another state -- Contracts to share costs
    The board may enter into contracts with similar officials of any other state or states for the purpose of sharing an equitable portion of the ...
  • 9.95.310 Assistance for parolees, work release, and discharged prisoners -- Declaration of purpose
    The purpose of RCW 9.95.310 through 9.95.370 is to provide necessary assistance, other than assistance which is authorized to be provided under the vocational rehabilitation ...
  • 9.95.320 Assistance for parolees, work release, and discharged prisoners -- Subsistence payments -- Terms and conditions
    The secretary of corrections or his or her designee may provide to any parolee, inmate assigned to a work/training release facility, discharged prisoner and persons ...
  • 9.95.330 Assistance for parolees, work release, and discharged prisoners -- Department may accept gifts and make expenditures
    The department of corrections may accept any devise, bequest, gift, grant, or contribution made for the purposes of RCW 9.95.310 through 9.95.370 and the secretary ...
  • 9.95.340 Assistance for parolees, work release, and discharged prisoners -- Use and repayment of funds belonging to absconders
    Any funds in the hands of the department of corrections, or which may come into its hands, which belong to discharged prisoners, inmates assigned to ...
  • 9.95.350 Assistance for parolees, work release, and discharged prisoners -- Use and accounting of funds or property
    All money or other property paid or delivered to a community corrections officer or employee of the department of corrections by or for the benefit ...
  • 9.95.360 Assistance for parolees, work release, and discharged prisoners -- Community services revolving fund
    The department of corrections shall create, maintain, and administer outside the state treasury a permanent revolving fund to be known as the "community services revolving ...
  • 9.95.370 Assistance for parolees and discharged prisoners -- Repayment agreement
    The secretary of corrections or his or her designee shall enter into a written agreement with every person receiving funds under RCW 9.95.310 through 9.95.370 ...
  • 9.95.420 Sex offenders -- End of sentence review -- Victim input
    (1)(a) Except as provided in (c) of this subsection, before the expiration of the minimum term, as part of the end of sentence review process ...
  • 9.95.425 Sex offenders -- Postrelease violations
    (1) Whenever the board or a community corrections officer of this state has reason to believe an offender released under RCW 9.95.420 has violated a ...
  • 9.95.430 Sex offenders -- Postrelease arrest
    Any offender released under RCW 9.95.420 who is arrested and detained in physical custody by the authority of a community corrections officer, or upon the ...
  • 9.95.435 Sex offenders -- Postrelease transfer to more restrictive confinement
    (1) If an offender released by the board under RCW 9.95.420 violates any condition or requirement of community custody, the board may transfer the offender ...
  • 9.95.440 Sex offenders -- Reinstatement of release
    In the event the board suspends the release status of an offender released under RCW 9.95.420 by reason of an alleged violation of a condition ...
  • 9.95.900 Application of certain laws to felonies committed before, on, or after certain dates
    (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the following sections of law do not apply to any felony offense committed on or ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009