Washington Personal Restraint Petition
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Indigent inmate means any inmate who has no more than $5.00 in the inmate account to spend at the inmate's discretion during a calendar month, has no job, and has no other source of income; or any inmate who is newly received into an institution and has no available funds and no hygiene items.
1 : suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished. 2a archaic : deficient. b archaic : totally lacking in something specified.
Indigent means to be a poor or needy person. Our laws look at how much money a person has, how much debt they have and how many assets they have to determine whether or not they can afford to hire their own representation or if they need a court-appointed attorney to represent them.
You must fill out a form called an Affidavit of Indigency. This form tells the court you cannot afford the fees related to your case. If the clerk or a judge approves the form, you will not have to pay. You can get an Affidavit of Indigency and the Supplement to the Affidavit of Indigency at any court house or online.
In determining indigency, the judge shall recognize ability to pay as a variable depending on the nature, extent and liquidity of assets, the disposable net income of the defendant, the nature of the offense, the effort and skill required to gather pertinent information and the length and complexity of the proceedings.
" The purpose of granting indigency status is to ensure that those with arguable cases, but inadequate finances, have access to justice.
Personal Restraint Petitions (PRP) This process, called a Personal Restraint Petition (PRP), allows you to argue that your conviction and/or sentence is unlawful, and even allows you to submit new evidence in the process. You can file a Personal Restraint Petition even if you lose your appeal.
Indigent. 1) n. a person so poor and needy that he/she cannot provide the necessities of life (food, clothing, decent shelter) for himself/herself. 2) n. one without sufficient income to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case.
You must fill out a form called an Affidavit of Indigency.This form tells the court you cannot afford the fees related to your case. If the clerk or a judge approves the form, you will not have to pay.