RCW 9.94.050
Correctional employees.
Any correctional employee, while acting in the supervision and transportation of prisoners, and in the apprehension of prisoners who have escaped, shall have the powers and duties of a peace officer.
[ 1992 c 7 § 22; 1955 c 241 § 5.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 9.94 - Prisoners—Correctional Institutions.
9.94.010 - Prison riot—Penalty.
9.94.030 - Holding person hostage—Interference with officer's duties.
9.94.040 - Weapons—Possession, etc., by prisoner prohibited—Penalty.
9.94.043 - Deadly weapons—Possession on premises by person not a prisoner—Penalty.
9.94.045 - Narcotic drugs or controlled substances—Possession by person not a prisoner—Penalty.
9.94.049 - "Correctional institution" and "state correctional institution" defined.