RCW 72.09.650
Use of force by limited authority Washington peace officers—Detention of persons.
(1) An employee of the department who is a limited authority Washington peace officer under RCW 10.93.020 may use reasonable force to detain, search, or remove persons who enter or remain without permission within a correctional facility or institutional grounds or whenever, upon probable cause, it appears to such employee that a person has committed or is attempting to commit a crime, or possesses contraband within a correctional facility or institutional grounds. Should any person be detained, the department shall immediately notify a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the correctional facility or institutional grounds of the detainment. The department is authorized to detain the person for a reasonable time to search the person and confiscate any contraband, and until custody of the person and any illegal contraband can be transferred to a law enforcement officer when appropriate. An employee of the department who is a limited authority Washington peace officer under RCW 10.93.020 may use that force necessary in the protection of persons and properties located within the confines of the correctional facility or institutional grounds.
(2) The rights granted in subsection (1) of this section are in addition to any others that may exist by law including, but not limited to, the rights granted in RCW 9A.16.020.
[ 2001 c 11 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2001 c 11: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 13, 2001]." [ 2001 c 11 § 2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 72.09 - Department of Corrections.
72.09.010 - Legislative intent.
72.09.030 - Department created—Secretary.
72.09.040 - Transfer of functions from department of social and health services.
72.09.050 - Powers and duties of secretary.
72.09.055 - Affordable housing—Inventory of suitable property.
72.09.057 - Fees for reproduction, shipment, and certification of documents and records.
72.09.060 - Organization of department—Program for public involvement and volunteers.
72.09.070 - Correctional industries advisory committee—Recommendations.
72.09.090 - Correctional industries account—Expenditure—Profits—Appropriations.
72.09.095 - Transfer of funds to department of labor and industries for crime victims' compensation.
72.09.100 - Inmate work program—Classes of work programs—Participation—Benefits.
72.09.101 - Inmate work program—Administrators' duty.
72.09.104 - Prison work programs to operate automated data input and retrieval systems.
72.09.106 - Subcontracting of data input and microfilm capacities.
72.09.116 - Information obtained under RCW 72.09.115 exempt from public disclosure.
72.09.120 - Distribution of list of inmate job opportunities.
72.09.130 - Incentive system for participation in education and work programs—Rules—Dissemination.
72.09.135 - Adoption of standards for correctional facilities.
72.09.190 - Legal services for inmates.
72.09.200 - Transfer of files, property, and appropriations.
72.09.210 - Transfer of employees.
72.09.220 - Employee rights under collective bargaining.
72.09.225 - Sexual misconduct by state employees, contractors.
72.09.230 - Duties continued during transition.
72.09.240 - Reimbursement of employees for offender assaults.
72.09.251 - Communicable disease prevention guidelines.
72.09.260 - Litter cleanup programs—Requirements.
72.09.270 - Individual reentry plan.
72.09.275 - Duty to notify of process for restoration of voting rights.
72.09.280 - Community justice centers.
72.09.285 - Rental voucher list—Housing providers.
72.09.290 - Correctional facility siting list.
72.09.300 - Local law and justice council—Rules.
72.09.310 - Community custody violator.
72.09.311 - Confinement of community custody violators.
72.09.315 - Court-ordered treatment—Violations—Required notifications.
72.09.320 - Community placement—Liability.
72.09.333 - Sex offenders—Facilities on McNeil Island.
72.09.335 - Sex offenders—Treatment assessment and opportunity.
72.09.337 - Sex offenders—Rules regarding.
72.09.380 - Rule making—Medicaid—Secretary of corrections—Director of health care authority.
72.09.400 - Work ethic camp program—Findings—Intent.
72.09.410 - Work ethic camp program—Generally.
72.09.465 - Postsecondary degree education programs.
72.09.467 - Postsecondary degree education programs—Reports to the legislature.
72.09.469 - Postsecondary degree education programs—Study.
72.09.470 - Inmate contributions for cost of privileges—Standards.
72.09.490 - Policy on extended family visitation.
72.09.495 - Incarcerated parents—Policies to encourage family contact and engagement.
72.09.500 - Prohibition on weight-lifting.
72.09.520 - Limitation on purchase of televisions.
72.09.530 - Prohibition on receipt or possession of contraband—Rules.
72.09.540 - Inmate name change—Limitations on use—Penalty.
72.09.560 - Camp for alien offenders.
72.09.580 - Offender records and reports.
72.09.588 - Pregnant inmates—Midwifery or doula services—Reasonable accommodations.
72.09.600 - Rules—Chapter 196, Laws of 1999.
72.09.620 - Extraordinary medical placement—Reports.
72.09.630 - Custodial sexual misconduct—Investigation of allegations.
72.09.650 - Use of force by limited authority Washington peace officers—Detention of persons.
72.09.670 - Gang involvement among incarcerated offenders—Intervention programs—Study.
72.09.680 - Statewide security advisory committee.
72.09.682 - Multidisciplinary teams—Inmate job assignments.
72.09.684 - Training curriculum—Safety issues—Total confinement correctional facilities.
72.09.686 - Body alarms and proximity cards—Study and report.
72.09.688 - Video monitoring cameras—Study and report.
72.09.690 - Pepper spray—Plan for use.
72.09.710 - Drug offenders—Notice of release or escape.
72.09.716 - Prisoner escape, release, or furlough—Requests for notification.
72.09.718 - Prisoner escape, release, or furlough—Notification as additional requirement.
72.09.720 - Prisoner escape, release, or furlough—Consequences of failure to notify.
72.09.730 - Schools—Notice to designated recipient of offender release.
72.09.745 - Security threat groups—Information collection.
72.09.750 - Access to reentry programs and services for wrongly convicted persons.
72.09.755 - Department of corrections—Use of screening and assessment process.
72.09.760 - Facility commissary program—Access.
72.09.765 - Inmate access to telecommunication services—Contracting—Reporting.
72.09.770 - Unexpected fatality review—Records—Discovery.
72.09.775 - Body scanner program—Report to the governor and legislature.
72.09.900 - Effective date—1981 c 136.
72.09.902 - Construction—1981 c 136.
72.09.903 - Savings—1981 c 136.
72.09.904 - Construction—1999 c 196.
72.09.905 - Short title—1999 c 196.
72.09.906 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.