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Washington Legislature Amends 35% Law, Again
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1999
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1999, page 8
RCW 72.09:480 was enacted in 1995 as part of House Bill (FIB) 2410, a massive prisoner bashing bill that unanimously passed the legislature that year. RCW 72.09.480 was slipped into HB 2010 with no public hearings, debate or notice. The law mandates the seizure of 35% of all funds sent ...
Filed under:
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Death Row,
Mail,
Postage,
State Legislation.
Location:
Washington.
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