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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1597

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives Crane, Kremen, Valle, Zellinsky, Smitherman, P. King, Fisch and Dellwo

Read first time 1/20/86 and referred to Committee on Social & Health Services.

AN ACT Relating to prison work programs; adding a new section to chapter 43.19 RCW; and creating new sections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature finds and declares that the costs expended by state government are of significant magnitude.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     It is the policy of the state of Washington that state prisons shall provide prisoners with a work environment in order that, upon their release, inmates may have the skills necessary for the successful reentry into society.  It is also the policy of the state to promote the establishment and growth of prison industries whose work shall benefit the state.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     The department of corrections shall establish prison work programs to provide optometric goods for appropriate programs of state government including but not limited to medical assistance and juvenile rehabilitation within the department of social and health services and the department of corrections.