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Any Time Your Emails are Rejected by Washington DOC You Must be Notified in Writing! — Paragon Paralegals Did you know that anytime your emails to your loved one are rejected, DOC staff are REQUIRED to notify YOU in writing of the rejection and of your right to appeal that rejection? Did you know that you have a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT for DOC to abide by the Washington Administrative Code (WAC)?
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If They Violate Your Constitutional Rights, Sue ‘Em! — Paragon Paralegals When you’re a prisoner and you litigate against prison officials, you tend to get a lot of flack from those in charge. That is to say, their attitude seems to be “how dare you stand up for yourself and enforce your rights”? And the usual first reaction from prison officials when you start to e...
DOC Policy Doesn’t Mean Anything!
How many times have you tried to work with DOC, or to do something for your incarcerated loved one, only to have DOC say something along the lines of ''DOC Policy doesn't allow this,'' or ''DOC Policy says...''?
What if I told you that DOC Policy doesn't have any force or effect at all? Don't believe me? Read the law yourself. DOC makes its Policy under the Administrative Procedures Act, RCW 34.05.230(1). That law specifies in part: ''CURRENT interpretive and POLICY STATEMENTS ARE ADVISORY ONLY.''
Yup. That's right. DOC POLICY IS ADVISORY ONLY!
It has no force and effect at law. Still doubt me? OK, read the case of PRP of Gossett, 7 Wn.App.2d 610, 622, 435 P.3d 314 (2009) where the Washington Attorney General blatantly argued that DOC Policies are not laws of the State of Washington and that prisoners have no rights or privileges under them.
General references to ''laws of this state'' or ''laws of the state of Washington'' not only include within their scope the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), but generally also include the Washington Administrative Code (WAC). See Inman v. Sandvig, 170 Wash. 112, 118, 15 P.2d 696 (1932)(general references to ''law'' in the state constitution apply not only to statutes, but also to administrative regulations). Because administrative rules and regulations (WACs) are adopted through delegated legislative process to make law, they are given the force and effect of laws. PRP of Cashaw, 123 Wn.2d 138, 149 n.6, 866 P.2d 8 (1994).
So what does all of this mean? It means that whenever DOC personnel tries to blow smoke at you or your loved ones and say that ''DOC Policy says...,'' respectfully let them know that DOC Policy is ADVISORY ONLY and holds no force or effect at law. If they're not citing a WAC regulation (DOC's regulations are contained within WAC Title 137) or an RCW as authorizing or prohibiting whatever they're attempting or omitting, then they're getting over on you.
What can you do? Well, you can file a statutory Complaint with the Secretary of DOC and with the Superintendent of the institution where your loved one is located. Under RCW 72.01.060, if you complain to either the Secretary of DOC or the Superintendent of the respective institution (or each of them), they're required under that law to investigate and report on any complaint submitted against any superintendent or employee. They can even fire the employee whom you're complaining about.
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