RCW 9.95.0001 Definitions. (1) “Board” means the indeterminate sentence review board. (2) “Community custody” means that portion of an offender’s sentence subject to controls including crime-related prohibitions and affirmative conditions from the court, the board, or the department of corrections based on risk to community safety, that is served under supervision in the community, and […]
RCW 9.95.0002 Transfer of board to department of corrections—Members of board shall exercise independent judgment. (1) The indeterminate sentence review board is transferred to the department of corrections. (2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written materials in the possession of the indeterminate sentence review board shall be delivered to the custody […]
RCW 9.95.001 Board of prison terms and paroles redesignated as indeterminate sentence review board. On July 1, 1986, the board of prison terms and paroles shall be redesignated the indeterminate sentence review board. The newly designated board shall retain the same membership and staff as the previously designated board of prison terms and paroles. References […]
RCW 9.95.002 Board considered parole board. The indeterminate sentence review board, in fulfilling its duties under the provisions of chapter 12, Laws of 2001 2nd sp. sess., shall be considered a parole board as that concept was treated in law under the state’s indeterminate sentencing statutes. [ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 363.] NOTES: […]
RCW 9.95.003 Appointment of board members—Qualifications—Duties of chair—Salaries and travel expenses—Staffing. (1) The board is created within the department. The board shall consist of a chair and four other members, each of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. Each member shall hold office for a term of five […]
RCW 9.95.005 Board meetings—Quarters at institutions. The board shall meet at major state correctional institutions at such times as may be necessary for a full and complete study of the cases of all convicted persons whose durations of confinement are to be determined by it; whose community custody supervision is under the board’s authority; or […]
RCW 9.95.007 Transaction of board’s business in panels—Action by full board. The board may meet and transact business in panels. Each board panel shall consist of at least two members of the board. In all matters concerning the internal affairs of the board and policy-making decisions, a majority of the full board must concur in […]
RCW 9.95.009 Board of prison terms and paroles redesignated indeterminate sentence review board—Continuation of functions. (1) On July 1, 1986, the board of prison terms and paroles shall be redesignated as the indeterminate sentence review board. The board’s membership shall be reduced as follows: On July 1, 1986, and on July 1st of each year […]
RCW 9.95.010 Court to fix maximum sentence. When a person, whose crime was committed before July 1, 1984, is convicted of any felony, except treason, murder in the first degree, or carnal knowledge of a child under ten years, and a new trial is not granted, the court shall sentence such person to the penitentiary, […]
RCW 9.95.011 Minimum terms. (1) When the court commits a convicted person to the department of corrections on or after July 1, 1986, for an offense committed before July 1, 1984, the court shall, at the time of sentencing or revocation of probation, fix the minimum term. The term so fixed shall not exceed the […]
RCW 9.95.013 Application of sentencing reform act to board decision. The board shall apply all of the statutory requirements of RCW 9.95.009(2), requiring decisions of the board to be reasonably consistent with the ranges, standards, and purposes of the sentencing reform act, chapter 9.94A RCW, and the minimum term recommendations of the sentencing judge and […]
RCW 9.95.015 Finding of fact or special verdict establishing defendant armed with deadly weapon. In every criminal case wherein conviction would require the board to determine the duration of confinement, or the court to make such determination for persons committed after July 1, 1986, for crimes committed before July 1, 1984, and wherein there has […]
RCW 9.95.017 Criteria for confinement and parole. (1) The board shall cause to be prepared criteria for duration of confinement, release on parole, and length of parole for persons committed to prison for crimes committed before July 1, 1984. The proposed criteria should take into consideration RCW 9.95.009(2). Before submission to the governor, the board […]
RCW 9.95.020 Duties of superintendent of correctional institution. If the sentence of a person so convicted is not suspended by the court, the superintendent of a major state correctional institution shall receive such person, if committed to his or her institution, and imprison the person until released under the provisions of this chapter, under RCW […]
RCW 9.95.028 Statement of prosecuting attorney provided to department, when. It is the intent of the legislature to expedite the inmate classification process of the department of corrections. The statement of the prosecuting attorney regarding a convicted criminal defendant should be prepared and made available to the department at the time the convicted person is […]
RCW 9.95.030 Statement to indeterminate sentence review board. At the time the convicted person is transported to the custody of the department of corrections, the indeterminate sentence review board shall obtain from the sentencing judge and the prosecuting attorney, a statement of all the facts concerning the convicted person’s crime and any other information of […]
RCW 9.95.031 Statement of prosecuting attorney. Whenever any person shall be convicted of a crime and who shall be sentenced to imprisonment or confinement in a state correctional facility, it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney who prosecuted such convicted person to make a statement of the facts respecting the crime for which […]
RCW 9.95.032 Statement of prosecuting attorney—Delivery of statement. Such statement shall be signed by the prosecuting attorney and approved by the judge by whom the judgment was rendered and shall be delivered to the sheriff, traveling guard, department of corrections personnel, or other officer executing the sentence, and a copy of such statement shall be […]
RCW 9.95.040 Terms fixed by board—Minimums for certain cases. The board shall fix the duration of confinement for persons committed by the court before July 1, 1986, for crimes committed before July 1, 1984. Within six months after the admission of the convicted person to a state correctional facility, the board shall fix the duration […]
RCW 9.95.045 Abused victim—Reduction in sentence for murder of abuser—Petition for review. (1) An inmate convicted of murder may petition the indeterminate sentence review board to review the inmate’s sentence if the petition alleges the following: (a) The inmate was sentenced for a murder committed prior to July 23, 1989, which was the effective date […]
