1. (1) "Secretary" is the secretary of the department of corrections.
2. (2) "Deputy secretary" is the deputy secretary, prisons division, department of corrections.
3. (3) "Assistant deputy secretary" is the assistant deputy secretary, prisons division.
4. (4) "Superintendent" is the individual responsible for the planning, organizing, and implementation of programs at a prerelease facility.
5. (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. (6) "Prerelease offender" is an offender who has been approved and placed in prerelease.
7. (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. (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.

   Reviser's note: Under RCW 34.05.030 (1)(c), as amended by section 103, chapter 288, Laws of 1988, the above section was not adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW, but was published in the Washington State Register and codified into the Washington Administrative Code exactly as shown by the agency filing with history notes added by the code reviser's office.

[WSR 07-08-082, § 137-96-020, filed 4/2/07, effective 5/3/07. WSR 03-16-072, § 137-96-020, filed 8/4/03, effective 9/4/03. WSR 95-22-059, § 137-96-020, filed 10/30/95, effective 12/1/95.]