(The Center Square) – While they agreed to drop the title, House Democrats passed a bill Wednesday that would make work programs almost entirely optional for incarcerated people in Washington state. Previously called the “Ending Forced Labor Act,” Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1233 would reform the programs to voluntary participation unless court-ordered for community restitution. […]
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