HB 1756 MOVED OUT OF APPROPRIATIONS YESTERDAY AND WILL MOVE FORWARD, WHICH IS GOOD NEW !! BELOW IS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL BY THE DOC...WHICH OF COURSE ALL THE CHANGES WOULD NULLIFY THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THE BILL. THIS WAS ANTICIPATED BY THE COLIATION SO THEY ARE FIGHTING BACK HARD !! PLEASE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE BILL AND SIGN IN PRO EACH TIME THIS BILL IS PRESENTE AND CONTIUE TO SEND THE EMAILS TO THE REPRESENTATIVES SUPPORTING THIS BILL. LAST HEARING THERE WERE ONLY 482 SIGN IN AS PRO. WE CAN DO BETTER ! YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW THE BILL UNDER THE WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE WEBSITE... WHEN I REVIEWED THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES, I SICKENED AND DISAPPOINTED BY CHERYL STRANGE'S COMMENTS DURING THE HEARING "WE SUPPORT THE SPIRIT OF THE BILL" CLEARLY THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES STATE OTHERWISE. THE DOC IS DISMISSING THE DECREASE IN FISCAL CHANGES REDUCING IMU'S AND DOC IS SUGGESTING THE CHANGES WILL COST THE DOC $70 MILLION DOLLARS !!!! HOUSING AN INMATE IN IMU NEARLY TRIPLE THE COSTS OF AN INMATES HOUSING IN GENERAL POPULATION....HERE IS THE LINK TO A COPY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE DOC.... ....
https://1drv.ms/w/s!AhRaDNLI-N2P2g9G8RDTd633HPwv?e=D8W8wEMOST RECOMMENDATIONS CHANGES THE LANGUAGE FROM SOLITARY CONFINEMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE SEGERGATION. THEY PUSH THE START OF THE BILL BACK FROM JULY 2022 TO JANUARY 2023. THEY REMOVE THE NEED FOR A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE TO CONDUCT THE EVALUATIONS. MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN AN HOUR OF BEING PLACED IN SOLITARY WITHIN ONE HOUR TO 8 HOURS. THEY CHANGE 17 HOURS BEING CONSIDERED SOLITARY TO 20 HOURS. DOC OMITS ANY LANGUAGE OR STUDIES RELATING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT TO TOTURE BY NATIONAL STANDARDS AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY HARMFUL TO THE INDIVIDUALS. THERE ARE JUST A FEW CHANGES. ALTHOUGH VERY FRUSTRATING, THE COLIATION IS PREPARED TO FIGHT BACK. ANY CHANGES TO THE BILL HAS TO BE COMPLETED BY MONDAY FEBRUARY 7TH, 2022.
