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Corrections Jail Classification. <br />i) "Minimum" classification shall apply to those inmates who present <br />a low risk to staff and the community. <br />ii) "Medium" classification shall apply to those inmates who present <br />a moderate risk to staff and the community. <br />iii) "Maximum" classification shall apply to those inmates <br />who present a substantial risk to staff and the community. <br />C. Whatcom Prisoner (or may also be referred to as offender in this Agreement) means a <br />person arrested by a Law Enforcement Officer of Whatcom County or another law <br />enforcement agency located within Whatcom County, either on behalf of Whatcom <br />County or on behalf of municipalities within Whatcom County and booked into the <br />Kittitas County Corrections Center (KCCC) at any time and for any reason, including <br />after sentencing. It is anticipated that prisoners confined at KCCC will be those <br />sentenced to terms of incarceration in jail for periods of three hundred sixty-five days <br />(365) or less, but may also be, as deemed appropriate, be prisoners not yet convicted <br />under the same terms and conditions as those serving sentences. Transportation of all <br />prisoners confined at KCCC pursuant to this ILA shall be the responsibility of <br />Whatcom County, including all costs. <br />D. Access of legal counsel to such prisoners shall be pursuant to the policies and <br />schedule of KCCC, and no cost of such counsel shall be the responsibility of the <br />KCCC. Kittitas County is in the process of implementing video conferencing for <br />court proceedings and attorney access, and upon implementation thereof, Whatcom <br />County will be allowed to make use of this technology and process at its own <br />expense. <br />E. Any bond to be posted for Whatcom Prisoners shall be posted in accordance with <br />the orders of the court setting the pre-trial conditions, and all such prisoners shall <br />be transported to Whatcom County by and at the expense of Whatcom County, <br />except that KCCC and Whatcom County may come to agreement for alternative <br />transport options, paid for by Whatcom County, including but not limited to the <br />purchase of a bus ticket from Ellensburg to Bellingham, the cost of which would <br />be reimbursed to KCCC. <br />V. Criteria for Determining Prisoner Status <br />For the purposes of this agreement: <br />A. Whatcom Prisoners being booked into the Kittitas County Corrections Center shall <br />remain the responsibility of the Whatcom County Transport Deputies and shall not be <br />deemed an inmate of that facility until the Whatcom County Prisoner is accepted by <br />Interlocal Agreement for the Housing of Inmates Whatcom County and <br />Kittitas County <br />Page 3 of 13 <br />