HB 2834 - DIGEST

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      Designates a strategy for reducing upwardly spiraling prison costs through an inmate work responsibility program, preserving scarce prison cell space for our most dangerous offenders, and providing judges with alternatives to incarceration without jeopardizing public safety.

      Transfers all of the indeterminate sentence review board's powers, duties, and functions to the superior courts of the state on June 30, 1992.

      Repeals provisions of chapters 9.95 and 72.04A RCW.

      Repeals RCW 9.96.050.