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Access to telephone service comparable to that provided to Incarcerated Individuals by the Sending Jurisdiction shall be provided to all transferred Incarcerated Individuals. Section 5.16 RESERVED Section 5.17 RESERVED Section 5.18 Grievance Procedures. Initial Sending Jurisdiction Incarcerated Individual grievances shall behandled by the Receiving Jurisdiction, consistent with the Receiving Jurisdiction's grievance procedures. The Sending Jurisdiction staff shall handle appeals or additional review of the Sending Jurisdiction Incarcerated Individual grievances. Section 5.19 Access to Courts. The Sending Jurisdiction shall be responsible to provide meaningful access to the courts through: (a) the use of court appointed attorneys to satisfy their Sixth Amendment right to counsel, (b) contracted attorneys, or (c) legal materials at the Receiving Facility. If meaningful access is to be provided through legal materials at the Facility, the Sending Jurisdiction shall supplement the Receiving Jurisdiction's legal materials as required to meet constitutional needs of Incarcerated Individuals. The Receiving Jurisdiction will provide the Incarcerated Individual opportunity to access to legal materials at the Facility or to their attorney in accordance with security and operating needs and consistent with access granted to other Incarcerated Individuals. Section 5.20 Death of an Incarcerated Individual. The Receiving Jurisdiction will immediately notify the Sending Jurisdiction via telephone of any Incarcerated Individual death and shall have the death reviewed by the coroner of the local jurisdiction. The Receiving Jurisdiction shall also forward a certified copy of the death certificate, autopsy report, Incarcerated Individual's file and medical records to the Sending Jurisdiction. Section 5.21 Escape of an Incarcerated Individual. The Receiving Jurisdiction will immediately notify the Sending Jurisdiction via telephone of any Incarcerated Individual escape. The Receiving Jurisdiction shall also notify all local law enforcement agencies of the escape. Article VI RECEIVING JURISDICTION EMPLOYEES Section 6.1 Independent Contractor. Receiving Jurisdiction shall perform its duties hereunder as an independent contractor and not as an employee. Neither the Receiving Jurisdiction nor any agent or employee of the Receiving Jurisdiction shall be deemed to be an agent or employee of the Sending Jurisdiction. The Receiving Jurisdiction shall pay, when due, all required employment taxes and income tax withholding including all Federal and State income tax and local head tax on any monies paid pursuant to this Compact. The Receiving Jurisdiction Washington State K14078 Page 8 of 11 Department of Corrections 26RAD