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Articles by Lonnie Burton

2003 Washington Legislative Round-up

In its 2003 session the Washington leg-islature enacted numerous laws affecting prisoners. Highlights of the most relevant laws are as follows:


Regional Jails


Substitute House Bill 1609 instructs the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to present a plan by Dec. 31, 2003, for creating "pilot regional correctional facilities," and establishing a "regional ...