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                       ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1686

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Hargrove, Riley, Tate, Prentice, Padden, H. Myers, Kremen, Dorn, Morris, Jacobsen, Roland, Pruitt, Valle, Betrozoff, Brekke, Paris, Scott, Inslee, Basich, Sheldon and Wineberry).

Read first time March 4, 1991.  Creating an incentive program for inmates.

     AN ACT Relating to correctional industries; adding a new section to chapter 72.60 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.      The legislature finds that the rehabilitation process may be enhanced by participation in training, education, and employment-related incentive programs and may be a consideration in reducing time in confinement.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 72.60 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) The department of corrections shall develop, in accordance with RCW 72.09.010, a site-specific implementation plan for prison industries space at Clallam Bay corrections center, McNeil Island corrections center, and the one thousand twenty-four-bed medium security prison as appropriated for and authorized by the legislature.

     (2) Each implementation plan shall include, but not be limited to, sufficient space and design elements that allow for:  Meaningful and productive class I, class II, and class IV employment opportunities; educational opportunities; and incentives.  The department shall include in the implementation plans an incentive program based on wages.

     (3) The incentive program shall be developed so that inmates can earn higher wages based on performance and production.  Only those inmates employed in class I and class II jobs may participate in the incentive program.  The department shall develop special program criteria for inmates with physical or mental handicaps so that they can participate in the incentive program.

     (4) The department shall propose rules specifying that funds recovered by the department from inmate wages, other than the amount an inmate owes for taxes, legal financial obligations, and to the victim restitution fund, shall be returned to the department to pay for the cost of prison operations, including room and board, as defined by the department.

     (5) The plan shall identify actual or potential legal or operational obstacles, or both, in implementing the components of the plan as specified in this section, and recommend strategies to remove the obstacles.

     (6) The department shall submit the plan to the appropriate fiscal committees of the legislature and to the governor by October 1, 1991.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.      If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.      This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.