70.48.220 - Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted -- Defendant contact with defense counsel. - Washington Statutes

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.]