BILL REQ. #:  H-2823.1 

READ FIRST TIME 03/05/07.   

     AN ACT Relating to essential state community justice facilities; and creating new sections.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The department of corrections shall conduct a review of the siting and utilization of work release facilities under the supervision of the department.
     (2) The department shall include the following in its review:
     (a) The number and location of the facilities within the state, including the counties in which the facilities are located;
     (b) The population of offenders housed in each facility, including the number of offenders in each facility and the offenses for which they were sentenced;
     (c) The county in which the offender resided prior to conviction if that information is within the custody of the department;
     (d) The county in which the offense for which the offender was sentenced occurred;
     (e) The county to which the offender was released following completion of the offender's sentence and whether that county was the same county as where the offender was located for the work release program prior to release; and
     (f) The current process for siting facilities and the extent to which the factors identified in (a) through (e) of this subsection are considered in the siting process.
     (3) The department shall report its findings to the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than December 1, 2007.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   (1) The department of social and health services shall conduct a review of the siting and utilization of group care facilities for juveniles committed to the department under RCW 13.40.185.
     (2) The department shall include the following in its review:
     (a) The number and location of the facilities within the state, including the counties in which the facilities are located;
     (b) The population of juvenile offenders housed in each facility, including the number of juvenile offenders in each facility and the offenses for which they were sentenced;
     (c) The county in which the juvenile resided prior to adjudication if that information is within the custody of the department;
     (d) The county in which the offense for which the juvenile was adjudicated occurred;
     (e) The county to which the juvenile offender was released following completion of the juvenile offender's sentence and whether that county was the same county as the facility in which the juvenile offender was residing prior to release; and
     (f) The current process for siting facilities and the extent to which the factors identified in (a) through (e) of this subsection are considered in the siting process.
     (3) The department shall report its findings to the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than December 1, 2007.