WAC 137-96-020. Definitions

(1) "Secretary" is the secretary of the department of corrections. (2) "Deputy secretary" is the deputy secretary, prisons division, department of corrections. (3) "Assistant deputy secretary" is the assistant deputy secretary, prisons division. (4) "Superintendent" is the individual responsible for the planning, organizing, and implementation of programs at a prerelease facility. (5) "Contract staff" is the staff member(s) of an agency under contract to the department of corrections to provide programming for offenders at prerelease. (6) "Prerelease offender" is an offender who has been approved and placed in prerelease. (7) "Volunteer escort" is a responsible citizen who has been screened, trained, and assigned to escort and supervise offenders during official and approved activities outside of the facility or to participate in approved activities inside the facility. (8) "Prerelease" is a total confinement facility approved for housing and supervision of offenders under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections. The program provides the transitional services necessary to assist offenders in their successful return into the community.