RCW 72.68.001
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of corrections.
(2) "Private correctional entity" means a for-profit contractor or for-profit vendor who provides services relating to the ownership, management, or administration of security services of a correctional facility for the incarceration of persons.
(3) "Secretary" means the secretary of corrections.
[ 2020 c 318 § 6; 1981 c 136 § 114.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Construction—Effective date—2020 c 318: See notes following RCW 72.68.110.
Effective date—1981 c 136: See RCW 72.09.900.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 72.68 - Transfer, Removal, Transportation—Detention Contracts.
72.68.010 - Transfer of incarcerated individuals.
72.68.015 - Transfer of incarcerated individuals—Vocational or educational programs.
72.68.020 - Transportation of prisoners.
72.68.032 - Transfer or removal of person in institution for mentally ill to other institution.
72.68.037 - Transfer or removal of committed or confined persons—Record—Notice.
72.68.040 - Contracts for detention of felons convicted in this state.
72.68.045 - Transfer to out-of-state institution—Notice to victims.
72.68.110 - Contracts with private correctional entities prohibited—Exceptions.