FINAL BILL REPORT

SHB 1458

                                  C 177 L 89

BYHouse Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives Grant, Brooks, Braddock and Sprenkle; by request of Department of Corrections)

Regarding corrections and the intrastate compact.

House Committe on Health Care

Senate Committee on Health Care & Corrections

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

The law allows the Department of Corrections (DOC) to accept offenders sentenced to felony terms of less than one year when the offenders are placed in a "regional jail camp" operated by DOC.  In 1988, DOC declared the McNeil Island Corrections Center Annex (MICC) to be such a jail camp, and began to accept county inmates for placement there pursuant to an agreement by DOC and counties.

The DOC has contracted with three counties for the incarceration of county inmates in the MICC Annex.  Counties participating in the compact are billed $30 a day for each inmate.

SUMMARY:

The Intrastate Corrections Compact is enacted.  Counties and the Department of Corrections are authorized to enter into this compact for the exchange or transfer of prisoners.  Detailed rules are provided to establish the responsibilities of the department and participating counties.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 92   0

      Senate    44     0

EFFECTIVE:July 23, 1989