Z-116                 _______________________________________________

 

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3146

                        _______________________________________________

 

State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

 

By Senators Granlund, Kreidler, Kiskaddon and Deccio; by Department of Corrections request

 

 

Read first time 1/18/85 and referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to corrections; amending RCW 72.01.050, 72.12.160, 9.94.049, and 72.65.010; and repealing RCW 72.12.050.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

        Sec. 1.  Section 72.01.050, chapter 28, Laws of 1959 as last amended by section 68, chapter 136, Laws of 1981 and RCW 72.01.050 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The secretary of social and health services shall have full power to manage and govern the following public institutions:   The western state hospital, the eastern state hospital, the northern state hospital, the state training school, the state school for girls, Lakeland Village, the Rainier school, the state school for the deaf, the state school for the blind, and such other institutions as authorized by law, subject only to the limitations contained in laws relating to the management of such institutions.

          (2) The secretary of corrections shall have full power to manage and govern the following public institutions:  The Washington state penitentiary, the Washington state reformatory, the Washington corrections center, the McNeil Island ((penitentiary)) corrections center, the Purdy ((treatment)) corrections center for women, the Cedar Creek corrections center, the Clearwater corrections center, the Firland ((correctional)) corrections center, the Indian Ridge ((treatment)) corrections center, the Larch corrections center, the Olympic ((correctional)) corrections center, Pine Lodge ((correctional)) corrections center, ((and)) the special offender center, the Twin Rivers corrections center, and the proposed five hundred bed facility at Clallam Bay subject only to the limitations contained in laws relating to the management of such institutions.

          (3) If any of the facilities specified in subsection (2) of this section is fully or partially destroyed by natural causes or otherwise, the secretary of corrections may, with the approval of the governor, provide for the establishment and operation of additional residential correctional facilities to place those inmates displaced by such destruction.  However, such additional facilities may not be established if there are existing residential correctional facilities to which all of the displaced inmates can be appropriately placed.  The establishment and operation of any additional facility shall be on a temporary basis, and the facility may not be operated beyond July 1 of the year following the year in which it was partially or fully destroyed.

 

        Sec. 2.  Section 109, chapter 136, Laws of 1981 and RCW 72.12.160 are each amended to read as follows:

          It is the intent of the legislature that limitations be placed on the state correctional institutions at Monroe.

          The following facilities at Monroe shall be subject to the inmate population limitations specified in this section.

          (1) The special offender center shall house no more than one hundred forty-four inmates.

          (2) The ((proposed medium security facility)) Twin Rivers corrections center shall house no more than five hundred inmates.

          (3) The Monroe reformatory population shall be as determined pursuant to federal court order:

PROVIDED, That the governor may declare an emergency and increase by ten percent for a twelve-month period of time the population limitation of any of the facilities specified in this section.

 

        Sec. 3.  Section 6, chapter 121, Laws of 1979 and RCW 9.94.049 are each amended to read as follows:

          For the purposes of RCW 9.94.043 and 9.94.045, "state correctional institution" means the:  Washington corrections center, Washington state penitentiary, Washington state reformatory, McNeil Island corrections center, Purdy ((treatment)) corrections center for women, Larch corrections center, Indian Ridge ((treatment)) corrections center, Cedar Creek corrections center, the Olympic corrections center, Firland ((correctional)) corrections center, Clearwater corrections center, Pine Lodge ((correctional)) corrections center, the Twin Rivers corrections center, the special offender center, the proposed five hundred bed facility at Clallam Bay, and other state correctional facilities used solely for the purpose of confinement of convicted felons.

 

        Sec. 4.  Section 1, chapter 17, Laws of 1967 as last amended by section 110, chapter 136, Laws of 1981 and RCW 72.65.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

          (1) "Department" shall mean the department of corrections.

          (2) "Secretary" shall mean the secretary of corrections.

          (3) "State correctional institutions" shall mean and include the Washington state penitentiary; the Washington corrections center; the Washington state reformatory; the McNeil Island ((penitentiary)) corrections center; the Purdy ((treatment)) corrections center for women; the Cedar Creek corrections center; the Clearwater corrections center; the Firland ((correctional)) corrections center; the Indian Ridge ((treatment)) corrections center; the Larch corrections center; the Olympic ((correctional)) corrections center; Pine Lodge ((correctional)) corrections center; ((and)) the special offender center; the Twin Rivers corrections center; the proposed five hundred bed facility at Clallam Bay; and such other state correctional institutions, camps or facilities as may hereafter be established pursuant to law under the jurisdiction of the department for the treatment of convicted felons sentenced to a term of confinement.

          (4) "Prisoner" shall mean a person either male or female, convicted of a felony and sentenced by the superior court to a term of confinement and treatment in a state correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the department.

          (5) "Superintendent" shall mean the superintendent of a state correctional institution, camp or other facility now or hereafter established under the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to law.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  Section 72.12.050, chapter 28, Laws of 1959, section 1, chapter 251, Laws of 1959, section 194, chapter 141, Laws of 1979 and RCW 72.12.050 are each repealed.