KATO, C.J.
The State charged the respondents here with escape from community custody under RCW 72.09.310. Claiming they were not inmates under the statute, each moved to dismiss. The court reasoned that, because the respondents served their time at county jails, they were not in the custody of the Department of Corrections and thus were not inmates under RCW 72.09.310. The State appeals. We reverse.
These respondents were convicted of felonies after July 1...
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