(1) The department may provide residential custody services in a state juvenile rehabilitation facility to youth adjudicated and sentenced by a court of any federally recognized Indian tribe located within the state of Washington, pursuant to a contract between the department and the tribe that is entered into in compliance with the interlocal cooperation act, chapter 39.34 RCW.

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Terms Used In Washington Code 72.05.460

  • Community facility: means a group care facility operated for the care of juveniles committed to the department under RCW 13. See Washington Code 72.05.020
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of children, youth, and families. See Washington Code 72.05.020
  • Juvenile: means a person under the age of twenty-one who has been sentenced to a term of confinement under the supervision of the department under RCW 13. See Washington Code 72.05.020
(2) As used in this section:
(a) “Residential custody services” means a comprehensive program established pursuant to RCW 72.05.130 for the custody, care, education, treatment, instruction, guidance, control, and rehabilitation of youth committed to a state juvenile rehabilitation facility.
(b) “State juvenile rehabilitation facility” means an institution as defined in *RCW 13.40.020(13), a community facility as defined in RCW 72.05.020(1), or other juvenile rehabilitation facility operated by the department.

NOTES:

*Reviser’s note: RCW 13.40.020 was amended by 2021 c 328 § 5, changing subsection (13) to subsection (14), effective January 1, 2022.