Revised Code of Washington
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Chapter 70.48 RCW
CITY AND COUNTY JAILS ACT
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70.48.020Definitions.
70.48.071Standards for operationAdoption by units of local government.
70.48.090Interlocal contracts for jail servicesNeighboring statesResponsibility for operation of jailCity or county departments of corrections authorized.
70.48.095Regional jails.
70.48.100Jail register, open to the publicRecords confidentialException.
70.48.130Emergency or necessary medical and health care for confined personsReimbursement proceduresConditionsLimitations.
70.48.135Pregnant inmatesMidwifery or doula servicesReasonable accommodations.
70.48.140Confinement pursuant to authority of the United States.
70.48.160Post-approval limitation on funding.
70.48.170Short title.
70.48.180Authority to locate and operate jail facilitiesCounties.
70.48.190Authority to locate and operate jail facilitiesCities and towns.
70.48.210Farms, camps, work release programs, and special detention facilities.
70.48.215Booking patients of state hospitals.
70.48.220Confinement may be wherever jail services are contractedDefendant contact with defense counsel.
70.48.230Transportation and temporary confinement of prisoners.
70.48.240Transfer of felons from jail to state institutionTime limit.
70.48.245Transfer of persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries from jail to department of corrections facility.
70.48.380Special detention facilitiesFees for cost of housing.
70.48.390Fee payable by person being booked.
70.48.400Sentences to be served in state institutionsWhenSentences that may be served in jailFinancial responsibility of city or county.
70.48.410Financial responsibility for convicted felons.
70.48.420Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold.
70.48.430Financial responsibility for work release inmates detained in jail.
70.48.440Office of financial management to establish reimbursement rate for cities and countiesRate until June 30, 1985Reestablishment of rates.
70.48.450Local jail reporting formInformation to be provided by city or county requesting payment for prisoners from state.
70.48.460Contracts for incarceration services for prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450.
70.48.470Sex, kidnapping offendersNotices to offenders, law enforcement officials.
70.48.475Release of offender or defendant subject to a discharge reviewRequired notifications.
70.48.480Communicable disease prevention guidelines.
70.48.490Delivery and administration of medications and medication assistance by nonpractitioner jail personnelConditions.
70.48.500Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custodyAllowed in extraordinary circumstances.
70.48.501Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custodyProvision of information to staff, women, or youth of childbearing age in custody.
70.48.502Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custodyLimited immunity from liability.
70.48.510Unexpected fatality reviewRecordsDiscovery.
70.48.520Collaboration with managed care organizations.
70.48.530Release from custodyInformation on opioid substance use disorder treatment programs.
70.48.540Obtaining a state-issued identicardIndividuals in custody.
70.48.800Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custodyInformational packet.
70.48.801Jail standards task force.