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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.94.050 (2026)

Correctional employees

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Any correctional employee, while acting in the supervision and transportation of prisoners, and in the apprehension of prisoners who have escaped, shall have the powers and duties of a peace officer.
[ 1992 c 7 s 22; 1955 c 241 s 5.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1984–1997 · leading case: McLean v. Dep't of Corr., 680 P.2d 65 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984).
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McLean v. Dep't of Corr., 680 P.2d 65 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984). “The court referred to duties and responsibilities of penal correctional officers, including RCW 9.94.050: All officers and guards of state penal institutions, while acting in the supervision and transportation of prisoners, and in the apprehension of prisoners who have escaped,…”
State v. Dane, 948 P.2d 1326 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “” RCW 9.94.050. Her testimony also conforms with the regulations governing the search of visitors at prisons, 9 the purpose of which is to “prevent possible delivery of weapons, controlled substances, or contraband to residents.”
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