Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act.
70.48.180 - Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Counties.

RCW 70.48.180
Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Counties.

Counties may acquire, build, operate, and maintain holding, detention, special detention, and correctional facilities as defined in RCW 70.48.020 at any place designated by the county legislative authority within the territorial limits of the county. The facilities shall comply with chapter 70.48 RCW and the rules adopted thereunder.

[ 1983 c 165 § 37; 1979 ex.s. c 232 § 16.]
NOTES:

Legislative finding, intent—Effective dates—Severability—1983 c 165: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.

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Revised Code of Washington

Title 70 - Public Health and Safety

Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act.

70.48.020 - Definitions.

70.48.071 - Standards for operation—Adoption by units of local government.

70.48.090 - Interlocal contracts for jail services—Neighboring states—Responsibility for operation of jail—City or county departments of corrections authorized.

70.48.095 - Regional jails.

70.48.100 - Jail register, open to the public—Records confidential—Exception.

70.48.130 - Emergency or necessary medical and health care for confined persons—Reimbursement procedures—Conditions—Limitations.

70.48.135 - Pregnant inmates—Midwifery or doula services—Reasonable accommodations.

70.48.140 - Confinement pursuant to authority of the United States.

70.48.160 - Post-approval limitation on funding.

70.48.170 - Short title.

70.48.180 - Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Counties.

70.48.190 - Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Cities and towns.

70.48.210 - Farms, camps, work release programs, and special detention facilities.

70.48.215 - Booking patients of state hospitals.

70.48.220 - Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted—Defendant contact with defense counsel.

70.48.230 - Transportation and temporary confinement of prisoners.

70.48.240 - Transfer of felons from jail to state institution—Time limit.

70.48.245 - Transfer of persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries from jail to department of corrections facility.

70.48.380 - Special detention facilities—Fees for cost of housing.

70.48.390 - Fee payable by person being booked.

70.48.400 - Sentences to be served in state institutions—When—Sentences that may be served in jail—Financial responsibility of city or county.

70.48.410 - Financial responsibility for convicted felons.

70.48.420 - Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold.

70.48.430 - Financial responsibility for work release inmates detained in jail.

70.48.440 - Office of financial management to establish reimbursement rate for cities and counties—Rate until June 30, 1985—Reestablishment of rates.

70.48.450 - Local jail reporting form—Information to be provided by city or county requesting payment for prisoners from state.

70.48.460 - Contracts for incarceration services for prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450.

70.48.470 - Sex, kidnapping offenders—Notices to offenders, law enforcement officials.

70.48.475 - Release of offender or defendant subject to a discharge review—Required notifications.

70.48.480 - Communicable disease prevention guidelines.

70.48.490 - Delivery and administration of medications and medication assistance by nonpractitioner jail personnel—Conditions.

70.48.500 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.

70.48.501 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Provision of information to staff, women, or youth of childbearing age in custody.

70.48.502 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Limited immunity from liability.

70.48.510 - Unexpected fatality review—Records—Discovery.

70.48.520 - Collaboration with managed care organizations.

70.48.800 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Informational packet.

70.48.801 - Jail standards task force.