City and County Jails Act

Sections covered

• RCW 70.48.020Definitions.14 cites
• RCW 70.48.071Standards for operation—Adoption by units of local government.2 cites
• RCW 70.48.090Interlocal contracts for jail services—Neighboring states—Responsibility for operation of jail—City or county departments of corrections authorized.1 cite
• RCW 70.48.095Regional jails.1 cite
• RCW 70.48.100Jail register, open to the public—Records confidential—Exception.6 cites
• RCW 70.48.130Emergency or necessary medical and health care for confined persons—Reimbursement procedures—Conditions—Limitations.9 cites
• RCW 70.48.135Pregnant inmates—Midwifery or doula services—Reasonable accommodations. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
• RCW 70.48.140Confinement pursuant to authority of the United States.
• RCW 70.48.160Post-approval limitation on funding.
• RCW 70.48.170Short title.
• RCW 70.48.180Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Counties.4 cites
• RCW 70.48.190Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Cities and towns.1 cite
• RCW 70.48.210Farms, camps, work release programs, and special detention facilities.3 cites
• RCW 70.48.215Booking patients of state hospitals.
• RCW 70.48.220Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted—Defendant contact with defense counsel.1 cite
• RCW 70.48.230Transportation and temporary confinement of prisoners.
• RCW 70.48.240Transfer of felons from jail to state institution—Time limit.
• RCW 70.48.245Transfer of persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries from jail to department of corrections facility.
• RCW 70.48.380Special detention facilities—Fees for cost of housing.
• RCW 70.48.390Fee payable by person being booked.2 cites
• RCW 70.48.400Sentences to be served in state institutions—When—Sentences that may be served in jail—Financial responsibility of city or county.12 cites
• RCW 70.48.410Financial responsibility for convicted felons.
• RCW 70.48.420Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold.
• RCW 70.48.430Financial responsibility for work release inmates detained in jail.
• RCW 70.48.440Office of financial management to establish reimbursement rate for cities and counties—Rate until June 30, 1985—Reestablishment of rates.
• RCW 70.48.450Local jail reporting form—Information to be provided by city or county requesting payment for prisoners from state.
• RCW 70.48.460Contracts for incarceration services for prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450.
• RCW 70.48.470Sex, kidnapping offenders—Notices to offenders, law enforcement officials.1 cite
• RCW 70.48.475Release of offender or defendant subject to a discharge review—Required notifications.
• RCW 70.48.480Communicable disease prevention guidelines.
• RCW 70.48.490Delivery and administration of medications and medication assistance by nonpractitioner jail personnel—Conditions. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
• RCW 70.48.500Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.
• RCW 70.48.501Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Provision of information to staff, women, or youth of childbearing age in custody.
• RCW 70.48.502Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Limited immunity from liability.
• RCW 70.48.510Unexpected fatality review—Records—Discovery.
• RCW 70.48.520Collaboration with managed care organizations.
• RCW 70.48.530Release from custody—Information on opioid substance use disorder treatment programs.
• RCW 70.48.540Obtaining a state-issued identicard—Individuals in custody.
• RCW 70.48.800Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Informational packet.
• RCW 70.48.801Jail standards task force.