Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 70 Public Health And Safety - Chapter 70.48 City And County Jails Act

70.48.020 Definitions
As used in this chapter the words and phrases in this section shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Holding ...

70.48.060 Capital construction -- Financial assistance -- Rules -- Oversight -- Cost estimates
Notes: Reviser's note: RCW 70.48.060 was amended by 1987 c 505 § 59 without reference to its repeal by 1987 c 462 § 23, effective ...

70.48.071 Standards for operation -- Adoption by units of local government
All units of local government that own or operate adult correctional facilities shall, individually or collectively, adopt standards for the operation of those facilities no ...

70.48.090 Interlocal contracts for jail services -- Neighboring states -- Responsibility for operation of jail -- City or county departments of corrections authorized
(1) Contracts for jail services may be made between a county and a city, and among counties and cities. The contracts shall: Be in writing, ...

70.48.095 Regional jails
(1) Regional jails may be created and operated between two or more local governments, or one or more local governments and the state, and may ...

70.48.100 Jail register, open to the public -- Records confidential -- Exception
(1) A department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail shall maintain a jail register, open to the ...

70.48.130 Emergency or necessary medical and health care for confined persons -- Reimbursement procedures -- Conditions -- Limitations
It is the intent of the legislature that all jail inmates receive appropriate and cost-effective emergency and necessary medical care. Governing units, the department of ...

70.48.140 Confinement pursuant to authority of the United States
A person having charge of a jail shall receive and keep in such jail, when room is available, all persons confined or committed thereto by ...

70.48.160 Post-approval limitation on funding
Having received approval pursuant to *RCW 70.48.060, a governing unit shall not be eligible for further funding for physical plant standards for a period of ...

70.48.170 Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the City and County Jails Act.[1977 ex.s. c 316 § 17.]Notes: Severability -- 1977 ex.s. ...

70.48.180 Authority to locate and operate jail facilities -- Counties
Counties may acquire, build, operate, and maintain holding, detention, special detention, and correctional facilities as defined in RCW 70.48.020 at any place designated by the ...

70.48.190 Authority to locate and operate jail facilities -- Cities and towns
Cities and towns may acquire, build, operate, and maintain holding, detention, special detention, and correctional facilities as defined in RCW 70.48.020 at any place within ...

70.48.210 Farms, camps, work release programs, and special detention facilities
(1) All cities and counties are authorized to establish and maintain farms, camps, and work release programs and facilities, as well as special detention facilities. ...

70.48.220 Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted -- Defendant contact with defense counsel
A person confined for an offense punishable by imprisonment in a city or county jail may be confined in the jail of any city or ...

70.48.230 Transportation and temporary confinement of prisoners
The jurisdiction having immediate authority over a prisoner is responsible for the transportation expenses. The transporting officer shall have custody of the prisoner within any ...

70.48.240 Transfer of felons from jail to state institution -- Time limit
A person imprisoned in a jail and sentenced to a state institution for a felony conviction shall be transferred to a state institution before the ...

70.48.270 Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds
The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter shall be deposited in the local jail improvement and construction account hereby created in ...

70.48.280 Proceeds of bond sale -- Deposits -- Administration
The proceeds from the sale of the bonds deposited in the local jail improvement and construction account of the general fund under the terms of ...

70.48.310 Jail renovation bond retirement fund -- Debt-limit general fund bond retirement account
The jail renovation bond retirement fund is hereby created in the state treasury. This fund shall be used for the payment of interest on and ...

70.48.320 Bonds legal investments for public funds
The bonds authorized in this chapter shall be a legal investment for all state funds or for funds under state control and for all funds ...

70.48.380 Special detention facilities -- Fees for cost of housing
The legislative authority of a county or city that establishes a special detention facility as defined in RCW 70.48.020 for persons convicted of violating RCW ...

70.48.390 Fee payable by person being booked
A governing unit may require that each person who is booked at a city, county, or regional jail pay a fee based on the jail's ...

70.48.400 Sentences to be served in state institutions -- When -- Sentences that may be served in jail -- Financial responsibility of city or county
Persons sentenced to felony terms or a combination of terms of more than three hundred sixty-five days of incarceration shall be committed to state institutions ...

70.48.410 Financial responsibility for convicted felons
Persons convicted of a felony as defined by chapter 9A.20 RCW and committed to the care and custody of the department of corrections shall be ...

70.48.420 Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold
A person detained in jail solely by reason of a parole hold is the financial responsibility of the city or the county detaining the person ...

70.48.430 Financial responsibility for work release inmates detained in jail
Inmates, as defined by *RCW 72.09.020, who reside in a work release facility and who are detained in a city or county jail are the ...

70.48.440 Office of financial management to establish reimbursement rate for cities and counties -- Rate until June 30, 1985 -- Re-establishment of rates
The office of financial management shall establish a uniform equitable rate for reimbursing cities and counties for the care of sentenced felons who are the ...

70.48.450 Local jail reporting form -- Information to be provided by city or county requesting payment for prisoners from state
The department of corrections is responsible for developing a reporting form for the local jails. The form shall require sufficient information to identify the person, ...

70.48.460 Contracts for incarceration services for prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450
Nothing in RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450 precludes the establishment of mutually agreeable contracts between the department of corrections and counties for incarceration services of prisoners ...

70.48.470 Sex, kidnapping offenders -- Notices to offenders, law enforcement officials
(1) A person having charge of a jail shall notify in writing any confined person who is in the custody of the jail for a ...

70.48.475 Release of offender or defendant subject to a discharge review -- Required notifications
(1) A person having charge of a jail, or that person's designee, shall notify the *county designated mental health professional or the designated chemical dependency ...

70.48.480 Communicable disease prevention guidelines
(1) Local jail administrators shall develop and implement policies and procedures for the uniform distribution of communicable disease prevention guidelines to all jail staff who, ...