{"id":1644,"date":"2020-02-18T21:37:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T05:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/saldana\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2020-02-18T21:37:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T05:37:49","slug":"senate-votes-to-prohibit-use-of-for-profit-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2020\/02\/18\/senate-votes-to-prohibit-use-of-for-profit-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate votes to prohibit use of for-profit prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OLYMPIA \u2013 <\/strong>Today the Senate voted to prohibit Washington state from contracting with private prisons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=6442&amp;Year=2019&amp;Initiative=false\">Senate Bill 6442<\/a>, sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Salda\u00f1a (D-Seattle), would prohibit the state from sending people to for-profit prisons outside the state.<\/p>\n<p>The prohibition does not apply to facilities for involuntary placement for mental health, substance use rehabilitation, juvenile rehabilitation and similar services. It also does not prevent governments from contracting with tribal governments that own and operate jails.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncarceration is an inherently governmental function that should not be outsourced,\u201d said Salda\u00f1a. \u201cThe public expects humane treatment and transparency, not privatization of public responsibilities.\u00a0 We in Washington state are committed to ending the growth of the for-profit private detention industrial complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrivate prisons experience more incidents of violence than public prisons, and they have been shown to lead to increased recidivism. The detention and confinement of individuals carries great responsibility, and these functions must not be motivated by private profits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is wrong and amoral to profit from the misfortune of others. There is an inherent injustice in making money from those who are incarcerated,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/housedemocrats.wa.gov\/ortiz-self\/\">Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self<\/a>, (D-Mukilteo), prime sponsor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=2576&amp;Chamber=House&amp;Year=2019\">companion bill<\/a> in the House. \u201cIt is a violation of human rights and is contrary to our democratic values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill now moves to the House for consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 Today the Senate voted to prohibit Washington state from contracting with private prisons. Senate Bill 6442, sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Salda\u00f1a (D-Seattle), would prohibit the state from sending people to for-profit prisons outside the state. The prohibition does not apply to facilities for involuntary placement for mental health, substance use rehabilitation, juvenile rehabilitation and similar services. It also does not prevent governments from contracting with tribal governments that own and operate jails. \u201cIncarceration is an inherently governmental function that should not be outsourced,\u201d said Salda\u00f1a. \u201cThe public expects humane treatment and transparency, not privatization of public responsibilities.\u00a0 We&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate votes to prohibit use of for-profit prisons - Sen.Alpha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2020\/02\/18\/senate-votes-to-prohibit-use-of-for-profit-prisons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate votes to prohibit use of for-profit prisons - Sen.Alpha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OLYMPIA \u2013 Today the Senate voted to prohibit Washington state from contracting with private prisons. 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