2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.48 City and county jails act.
70.48.220 Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted -- Defendant contact with defense counsel.
RCW 70.48.220 Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted — Defendant contact with defense counsel.
A person confined for an offense punishable by imprisonment in a city or county jail may be confined in the jail of any city or county contracting with the prosecuting city or county for jail services.
A jurisdiction that confines persons prior to conviction in a jail in another county is responsible for providing private telephone, video-conferencing, or in-person contact between the defendant and his or her public defense counsel.
[2002 c 125 § 2; 1979 ex.s. c 232 § 19.]
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