72.66.016 - Minimum time served requirement.

Minimum time served requirement.

(1) A furlough shall not be granted to a resident if the furlough would commence prior to the time the resident has served the minimum amounts of time provided under this section:

     (a) If his minimum term of imprisonment is longer than twelve months, he shall have served at least six months of the term;

     (b) If his minimum term of imprisonment is less than twelve months, he shall have served at least ninety days and shall have no longer than six months left to serve on his minimum term;

     (c) If he is serving a mandatory minimum term of confinement, he shall have served all but the last six months of such term.

     (2) A person convicted and sentenced for a violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 is not eligible for furlough until the person has served at least one-half of the minimum term as established by the *board of prison terms and paroles or the sentencing guidelines commission.

[1983 c 255 § 8; 1973 c 20 § 5.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: The "board of prison terms and paroles" was redesignated the "indeterminate sentence review board" by 1986 c 224, effective July 1, 1986.

Severability -- 1983 c 255: See RCW 72.74.900.