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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 72.01.415: Offender under eighteen confined to a jail — Segregation from adult offenders.

    An offender under the age of eighteen who is convicted in adult criminal court of a crime and who is committed for a term of confinement in a jail as defined in RCW 70.48.020, must be housed in a jail cell that does not contain adult offenders, until the offender reaches the age of eighteen.

    [1997 c 338 § 42.]

Notes:
         Finding -- Evaluation -- Report -- 1997 c 338: See note following RCW 13.40.0357.

         Severability -- Effective dates -- 1997 c 338: See notes following RCW 5.60.060.

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