Bill to establish statewide oversight of jails in Washington dies in Legislature
Tamara Ceaikovski
The most recent attempt to pass legislation that would create an independent statewide jail oversight body has faltered after facing opposition from law enforcement groups and city and county officials. Washington is one of 12 states without enforceable statewide jail standards or oversight, according to state data and corrections oversight experts. Senate Bill 5005 would have changed that, but a watered-down version that had removed all but one mention of the word “oversight” from the original
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