72.01.415 - Offender under eighteen confined to a jail -- Segregation from adult offenders. - Washington Statutes

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.