Wash. Admin. Code § 137-60-030 - Furlough of person confined in state correctional institution - Purposes

A furlough may be authorized to enable the inmate:

(1) To meet an emergency situation, such as critical illness, death, emotional crisis, or similar situation experienced by members of his or her family;

(2) To obtain medical care not available in a facility maintained by the department;

(3) To seek employment or training opportunities;

(a) Provided specific job interviews have been arranged for the inmate, or

(b) When the inmate has been approved for work or training release status but his or her job or training placement has not been developed or concluded, or

(c) When necessary to prepare a parole plan for a parole hearing scheduled within one hundred twenty days of the commencement of the furlough;

(4) To make residential plans for parole which require his or her personal appearance in the community;

(5) To care for business affairs in person when the inability to do so could deplete the assets or resources of the inmate so seriously as to affect his or her family or his or her future economic security;

(6) To visit his or her family for the purpose of strengthening or preserving relationships, exercising parental responsibilities, or preventing family division or disintegration;

(7) To accomplish any other purpose deemed to be consistent with plans for rehabilitation of the inmate.

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Wash. Admin. Code § 137-60-030

Statutory Authority: RCW 72.66.080. 82-07-006 (Order 82-04), § 137-60-030, filed 3/4/82. Formerly WAC 275-93-020.