RCW 72.02.260
Letters of inmates may be withheld.
Whenever the superintendent of an institution withholds from mailing letters written by inmates of such institution, the superintendent shall forward such letters to the secretary of corrections or the secretary's designee for study and the inmate shall be forthwith notified that such letter has been withheld from mailing and the reason for so doing. Letters forwarded to the secretary for study shall either be mailed within seven days to the addressee or, if deemed objectionable by the secretary, retained in a separate file for two years and then destroyed.
[ 1988 c 143 § 13; 1981 c 136 § 87; 1979 c 141 § 192; 1959 c 28 § 72.08.380. Prior: 1957 c 61 § 1. Formerly RCW 72.08.380.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1981 c 136: See RCW 72.09.900.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 72.02 - Adult Corrections.
72.02.015 - Powers of court or judge not impaired.
72.02.040 - Secretary acting for department exercises powers and duties.
72.02.045 - Superintendent's authority.
72.02.055 - Appointment of associate superintendents.
72.02.110 - Weekly payments to certain released prisoners.
72.02.200 - Reception and classification units.
72.02.210 - Sentence—Commitment to reception units.
72.02.220 - Cooperation with reception units by state agencies.
72.02.230 - Persons to be received for classification and placement.
72.02.240 - Secretary to determine placement—What laws govern confinement, parole and discharge.
72.02.250 - Commitment of convicted female persons—Procedure as to death sentences.
72.02.260 - Letters of inmates may be withheld.
72.02.270 - Abused victims—Murder of abuser—Notice of provisions for reduction in sentence.