Resources

• Policies
• Forms
• Laws & Regulations
• Publications
• Resource Links

Policies

Below are Department of Corrections (DOC) policies that apply to corrections services.

• DOC 500.000 Education & Vocational Programs
  • Financial Responsibility (Attachment 1)
• DOC 560.200 Religious Programs
  • Allowable Individual Religious Items (Attachment 1)
• DOC 590.200 Marriages & State Registered Domestic Partnerships

Forms

Below are Department of Corrections (DOC) forms that apply to and/or relate to corrections services.

• DOC 14-148 Extraordinary Medical Placement Referral
• DOC 20-213 Marriage/State Registered Domestic Partnership Application for Intended Spouse/State Registered Domestic Partner Use (English)
  • DOC 20-213 Solicitud de Matrimonio/Union Civil de Pareja Domestica Registrada en el Estado (Spanish)

Laws & Regulations

Below are the federal laws, state laws (RCWs) and regulations (WACs) that apply to and/or relate to corrections services.

Federal Laws

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Religious Land Use & Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
• United States Constitution (Articles I and II; 1st and 14th Amendments)

Revised Code of Washington (RCW)

• RCW 9.94A.690 Work ethic camp program & Eligibility & Sentencing
  Regarding an incarcerated individual's eligibility to be sentenced to work ethic camp (DOC 790.100). Other applicable RCW's regarding incarcerated individual eligibility include:
  • RCW 9A.28 Anticipatory Offenses
  • RCW 69.50 Uniform Controlled Substances Act
• RCW 9.94A.728 Release prior to expiration of sentence
• RCW 26.04 Marriage
  As applicable to incarcerated individual marriage applications.
• RCW 26.60 State Registered Domestic Partnerships
  As applicable to incarcerated individual state registered domestic partnership applications.
• RCW 72.01 Administration
  As applicable to institutional chaplains, outside ministers, etc.
• RCW 72.09.620 Extraordinary medical placement—Reports

Washington Administrative Code (WAC)

• WAC 137-28 Discipline – Prisons
  As pertains to religious exceptions to violation sanctions.
• WAC 137-54-030 Superintendent's procedures
  As pertains a facility superintendent's responsibilities in regards to incarcerated individual marriages.
• WAC 137-54-040 Marriage ceremony
• WAC 137-80 Correctional Industries & Programs

Publications

Below are Department of Corrections (DOC) publications that apply to corrections services.

Brochures

• Medication for Opioid Use Disorder 600-BR007 (R 9/2023)
• Traumatic Brain Injuries – A Guide for Incarcerated Individuals 600-BR002 (R 3/2020)
• Washington Corrections Center Mental Health Services Evergreen/Cedar Units 600-BR006 (R 4/2021)
• Washington Corrections Center Mental Health Services Receiving Units 600-BR005 (R 4/2021)

Fact Sheets

• Health Services Survey Results600-FS001 (R 8/2019)
• Our Commitment to Quality Patient Care 600-FS003 (R 2/2021)
• Traumatic Brain Injuries and the Incarcerated Population 600-FS007 (R 3/2020)

Handbooks & Guides

• Annual Continuing Education Benefits Grid
• Health Information and Patient Education Self-Help Guide 600-GU008 (R 3/2023)
• Health Services Orientation Handbook 600-HA003 (R 10/2017)
• Pharmaceutical Management and Formulary Manual 600-HA002 (R 12/2019)
• Religious Beliefs and Practices Handbook 500-HA001 (R 12/2013)
• Washington DOC Health Plan 600-HA001 (R 04/2021)
  • Plan de Salud del DOC de Washington 600-HA001s (R 04/2021)

Reports & Studies

• Correctional Industries Research Brief: Washington State's CI Outcome Evaluation, December 2015

Resource Links

• Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program
• Eliminating Hepatitis C
• FareStart: Great Food. Better Lives.
• Traumatic Brain Injury in Corrections
• U.S. Department of Labor Standard Occupational Classifications

Online Publications

• Research Article on Traumatic Brain Injury in Corrections