Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted—Defendant contact with defense counsel.

1. Law
2. Revised Code of Washington
3. Public Health and Safety
4. City and County Jails Act.
5. 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, videoconferencing, 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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