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HOUSE BILL NO. 1270
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C 003 L 88
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1988 Regular Session
By Representatives Braddock, Brooks, D. Sommers, Kremen, Vekich, Dellwo, Hine, May and P. King;by request of Department of Corrections
Prefiled with Chief Clerk 12/28/87. Read first time 1/11/88 and referred to Committee on Health Care.
AN ACT Relating to work training release; amending RCW 9.94A.150; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 15, chapter 137, Laws of 1981 as last amended by section 8, chapter 209, Laws of 1984 and RCW 9.94A.150 are each amended to read as follows:
No person serving a sentence imposed pursuant to this chapter shall leave the confines of the correctional facility or be released prior to the expiration of the sentence except as follows:
(1) The terms of the sentence may be reduced by earned early release time in accordance with procedures developed and promulgated by the department. The earned early release time shall be for good behavior and good performance, as determined by the department. In no case shall the aggregate earned early release time exceed one-third of the sentence;
(2) An offender may leave a correctional facility pursuant to an authorized furlough or leave of absence. In addition, offenders may leave a correctional facility when in the custody of a corrections officer or officers;
(3) The governor, upon recommendation from the clemency and pardons board, may grant an extraordinary release for reasons of serious health problems, senility, advanced age, extraordinary meritorious acts, or other extraordinary circumstances;
(4) ((If
the sentence of confinement is in excess of twelve months but not in excess of
three years,)) No more than the final ((three)) six
months of the sentence may be served in partial confinement designed to aid the
offender in finding work and reestablishing him or herself in the community((.
If the sentence of confinement is in excess of three years, no more than the
final six months of the sentence may be served in such partial confinement));
(5) The governor may pardon any offender;
(6) The department of corrections may release an offender from confinement any time within ten days before a release date calculated under this section; and
(7) An offender may leave a correctional facility prior to completion of his sentence if the sentence has been reduced as provided in RCW 9.94A.160.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.