Ahmet Hopovac v. State of Washington

*819Lawrence-Berrey, J.

¶1 We answer the question of whether the Department of Corrections (Department) owes a duty of care to protect felons under its supervision from the intentional torts of third parties. For such a duty to exist, Restatement (Second) of Torts § 314A(4) (Am. Law Inst. 1965) would require felons to be in the custody of the Department under circumstances such as to deprive them of their normal opportunities for protection. We determine that standard community custody conditions, such as those here, do not deprive felons of their normal opportunities for protection. We,…