Trabajo obligatorio para reclusos en instituciones estatales

Explicación Simple

Si alguien comete un delito y va a prisión, debe trabajar todos los días. Esto depende de cuándo cometió el delito y las reglas de la prisión.

Es como cuando un estudiante tiene que hacer tareas todos los días para aprender. En la prisión, los reclusos también deben trabajar para mejorar y cumplir con las reglas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Carlos fue condenado por un delito en 1983. Mientras está en prisión, tiene que trabajar en el mantenimiento del área, porque las reglas de su institución lo obligan a hacerlo todos los días. Esto le ayuda a pasar el tiempo y a prepararse para su vida después de la prisión.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9.95.090 - Labor required (1) The board shall require of every able bodied offender confined in a state correctional institution for a crime committed before July 1, 1984, as many hours of faithful labor in each and every day during his or her term of imprisonment as shall be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the institution in which he or she is confined.(2) Offenders sentenced under *RCW 9.94A.712 for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2001, shall perform work or other programming as required by the department of corrections during their term of confinement. RCW 9.95.100 - Prisoner released on serving maximum term Any person convicted of a felony committed before July 1, 1984, and undergoing sentence in a state correctional institution, not sooner released under the provisions of this chapter, shall, in accordance with the provisions of law, be discharged from custody on serving the maximum punishment provided by law for the offense of which such person was convicted, or the maximum term fixed by the court where the law does not provide for a maximum term. The board shall not, however, until his or her maximum term expires, release a prisoner, unless in its opinion his or her rehabilitation has been complete and he or she is a fit subject for release.