Incarceration

Resources

Published: 
Monday, October 21, 2024
Highlights from a panel event on October 8, 2024, and key takeaways about public health and safety.
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Friday, September 20, 2024
How Washington abolished parole and its failure to make communities safer
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Friday, April 19, 2024
A helpful guide answering many common questions about practical legal issues for transgender individuals to understand their legal rights in Washington State.
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Friday, March 29, 2024
Reflecting on the 2024 legislative session and sustaining hope for transformative sentencing reform
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
A look at how the criminal legal system is more complex that "good guys" versus "bad guys."
News Release, Published: 
Monday, February 5, 2024
Like many community partners, we are disappointed that King County has announced the decision to delay the closing of the youth jail past the year 2025.
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023
We lock up too many people, for too long, without considering the impacts of incarceration.
News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Over 30 labor, tribal, medical groups, and criminal justice organizations joined the ACLU-WA and FAMM in support of a bill that retroactively and prospectively repeals the use of prior juvenile convictions to automatically enhance future sentences in adult courts.
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Friday, February 3, 2023
Maintaining or increasing penalties for drug possession and relying on jails and prosecution as a pathway to treatment would be repeating the mistakes of the past and continuing the failed legacy and racially inequitable outcomes of the War on Drugs. 
News Release, Published: 
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
The Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee (SURSAC) released its plan to the legislature that includes a number of public-health centered recommendations, including decriminalization of drug possession and the creation of a safe supply work group.

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