2015 Revised Code of Washington
Title 10 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
10.77 Criminally insane—Procedures.
10.77.220 Incarceration in correctional institution or facility prohibited—Exceptions.
RCW 10.77.220 Incarceration in correctional institution or facility prohibited—Exceptions.
No person who is criminally insane confined pursuant to this chapter shall be incarcerated in a state correctional institution or facility. This section does not apply to confinement in a mental health facility located wholly within a correctional institution. Confinement of a person who is criminally insane in a county jail or other local facility while awaiting either placement in a treatment program or a court hearing pursuant to this chapter is permitted for no more than seven days.
[2015 1st sp.s. c 7 § 8; 1982 c 112 § 3; 1974 ex.s. c 198 § 17; 1973 1st ex.s. c 117 § 22.]
NOTES:
Finding—2015 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 10.77.075.
Effective dates—2015 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 10.77.073.
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