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Terms Starting with I

Illegal Items

Items which are unlawful for any person to possess within the community as defined by the laws of the state of Washington; controlled substances, or any weapon, firearm, or any instrument which, if used, could produce serious bodily injury to another.

Referenced by

• 420.340 - Searching and Detaining Facility Visitors
• 440.000 - Personal Property in Prisons
• 440.010 - Personal Property in Reentry Centers

Immediate Family

An Incarcerated individual's children, stepchildren, grandchildren, great grandchildren, parents, stepparents, grandparents, great grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and a person legally married to or in a state registered domestic partnership with an incarcerated individual. "Immediate family" includes the immediate family of an incarcerated individual who was adopted as a child or an adult, but does not include an incarcerated individual adopted by another incarcerated individual (or the immediate family of the adopted or adopting individual).

Referenced by

• 330.605 - Boarder Agreements
• 420.110 - Escorted Leaves and Furloughs
• 420.115 - Special Escorted Leave for Funerals/Deathbed Visits on Tribal Lands
• 450.100 - Mail for Individuals in Prison
• 450.110 - Mail for Individuals in Reentry Centers
• 450.300 - Visits for Incarcerated Individuals
• 560.200 - Religious Programs
• 850.030 - Relationships/Contacts with Individuals

Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH)

Any atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible debilitating effects on health.

Referenced by

• 890.090 - Respirator Program

Inclusion

Creating an environment where everyone can be themselves, feel that they are able to contribute their views, and that these views will be valued. For example: Equality is getting invited to the room, diversity is getting a seat at the table, equity is having what you need to get into the room and to the table, and inclusion is sharing your views and being seen and heard while at the table.

Referenced by

• 810.005 - Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Respect, and Anti-Racism

Indigent

An incarcerated individual who has less than a $25 balance of disposable income in any of the individual's trust fund accounts on the day a request is made to use funds and during the 30 days previous to the request.

Referenced by

• 200.210 - Prison Commissary
• 440.080 - Hygiene and Grooming in Men's Prisons and Reentry Centers
• 450.100 - Mail for Individuals in Prison
• 590.500 - Legal Access for Incarcerated Individuals
• 600.025 - Health Care Co-Payment Program

Indirect Use

The use of a system or device through another person, device, or by proxy. Indirect use or access includes, but not limited to: 1. Processing an information request for a person or entity not authorized to access the information, 2. Letting an unauthorized person view data on a Department information system, 3. Allowing an unauthorized person or entity to direct the actions of a user on a Department information system, 4. Allowing an unauthorized person to access a Department information system for, or in place of, an authorized user, and 5. Connecting an unauthorized device to an authorized device to access a Department information system.

Referenced by

• 280.925 - Access to Information Technology Systems and Data for Individuals

Individual's Expense

Funds must be in an incarcerated individual's facility account and must pay for the goods or services before the individual may receive them. The credit of the state will only be given or loaned to an individual as authorized by law or policy.

Referenced by

• 440.010 - Personal Property in Reentry Centers

Information Technology System

Any electronic equipment controlled by a central processing unit (CPU), including desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, and tablets, or set of servers for collecting, creating, storing, processing, and distributing information, including hardware and software, system users, and data.

Referenced by

• 280.925 - Access to Information Technology Systems and Data for Individuals

Informed Consent

The documented agreement by a patient to a treatment, examination, or procedure after the patient receives the material facts about the nature, consequences, and risks of the proposed treatment, examination, or procedure and the alternatives to it.

Referenced by

• 610.010 - Patient Consent for Health Care

Injury

A sudden and tangible happening of a traumatic nature, producing an immediate prompt result, and occurring from without, and such physical conditions as result per RCW 51.08.100.

Referenced by

• 830.180 - Assault Benefits for Employees

Institutional Employer

Correctional and pretrial detention facilities; state facilities for persons who are mentally ill, disabled or retarded, or chronically ill or handicapped; residential care or treatment facilities for juveniles; and facilities that provide skilled nursing, intermediate or long-term care, or custodial or residential care.

Referenced by

• 530.100 - Volunteer Program
• 800.005 - Personnel Files

Intellectual Disability

A disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning (general mental capacity such as reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behavior, which covers a range of everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18.

Referenced by

• 690.400 - Individuals with Disabilities

Intersex

A general term used for a variety of situations in which a person has reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't fit the boxes of "female" or "male".

Referenced by

• 490.700 - Transgender, Intersex, and/or Non-Binary Individuals

Intervention

A variety of services provided to an individual that meet an assessed need (e.g., medical treatment, evidence-based core programs, life skills training, education/work programs, activities).

Referenced by

• 590.370 - Gender Responsiveness