Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.001
Definitions
As used in this chapter:"Department" means the department of corrections; and"Secretary" means the secretary of corrections.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 72.64 — Labor and Employment of Prisoners
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 72.64 · 16 active provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.010
Useful employment of prisoners—Contract system barred
The secretary shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty to provide for the useful employment of prisoners in the adult correctional institutions: PROVIDED, That no prisoners shall be employed in what is known as the contract system of labor.
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.020
Rules and regulations
The secretary shall make the necessary rules and regulations governing the employment of prisoners, the conduct of all such operations, and the disposal of the products thereof, under such restrictions as provided by law.
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.030
Prisoners required to work—Private benefit of enforcement officer prohibited
Every prisoner in a state correctional facility shall be required to work in such manner as may be prescribed by the secretary, other than for the private financial benefit of any enforcement officer.
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.040
Crediting of earnings—Payment
Where a prisoner is employed at any occupation for which pay is allowed or permitted, or at any gainful occupation from which the state derives an income, the department shall credit the prisoner with the total amount of his or her earnings.The amount of earnings credited but unpaid to a prisoner may be paid to the pri…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.050
Branch institutions—Work camps for certain purposes
The secretary shall also have the power to establish temporary branch institutions for state correctional facilities in the form of camps for the employment of prisoners therein in farming, reforestation, wood-cutting, land clearing, processing of foods in state canneries, forest firefighting, forest fire suppression a…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.060
Labor camps authorized—Type of work permitted—Contracts
Any department, division, bureau, commission, or other agency of the state of Washington or any agency of any political subdivision thereof or the federal government may use, or cause to be used, prisoners confined in state penal or correctional institutions to perform work necessary and proper, to be done by them at c…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.065
Industrial insurance—Application to certain inmates—Payment of premiums and assessments
From and after July 1, 1973, any inmate working in a department of natural resources adult honor camp established and operated pursuant to RCW 72.64.050, 72.64.060, and 72.64.100 shall be eligible for the benefits provided by Title 51 RCW, as now or hereafter amended, relating to industrial insurance, with the exceptio…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.070
Industrial insurance—Eligibility for employment—Procedure—Return
The department shall determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment under RCW 72.64.060, and shall establish and modify lists of prisoners eligible for such employment, upon the requisition of an agency mentioned in RCW 72.64.060. The secretary may send to the place, and at the time designated, the number o…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.080
Industrial insurance—Duties of employing agency—Costs—Supervision
The agency providing for prisoners under RCW 72.64.060 through 72.64.090 shall designate and supervise all work done under the provisions thereof. The agency shall provide, erect and maintain any necessary camps, except that where no funds are available to the agency, the department may provide, erect and maintain the…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.090
Industrial insurance—Department's jurisdiction
The department shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of the prisoners performing work under RCW 72.64.060 through 72.64.090.
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.100
Regional jail camps—Authorized—Purposes—Rules
The secretary is authorized to establish and operate regional jail camps for the confinement, treatment, and care of persons sentenced to jail terms in excess of thirty days, including persons so imprisoned as a condition of probation. The secretary shall make rules and regulations governing the eligibility for commitm…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.110
Contracts to furnish county prisoners confinement, care, and employment—Reimbursement by county—Sheriff's order—Return of prisoner
(1) The secretary may enter into a contract with any county of the state, upon the request of the sheriff thereof, wherein the secretary agrees to furnish confinement, care, treatment, and employment of county prisoners. The county shall reimburse the state for the cost of such services. Each county shall pay to the st…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.150
Interstate forest fire suppression compact
The Interstate Forest Fire Suppression Compact as set forth in this section is hereby enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with any and all other states legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows:INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE SUPPRESSIONCOMPACTARTICLE I—PurposeThe purpose of this compact i…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.160
Inmate forest fire suppression crews—Classification—Gratuity/wage
(1) For the purposes of RCW 72.64.150, inmate forest fire suppression crews may be considered a class I free venture industry, as defined in RCW 72.09.100, when fighting fires on federal lands.(2) For the purposes of RCW 72.64.050, inmate forest fire suppression and support crews when fighting fires must receive a grat…
Wash. Rev. Code § 72.64.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person…