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Washington Jail Settles Work Release Suit
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2003
by Lonnie Burton
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2003, page 4
On April 25, 2002, United States District Judge Barbara J. Rothstein approved a settlement agreement reached between the King County Jail in Kent, Washington, and a class of female prisoners who had sued alleging discriminatory practices in relation to access to work release, good time and trustee programs. The suit …
Filed under:
Work Release,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Work,
Prison Labor.
Location:
Washington.
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