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HOUSE BILL 1575
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Representatives O'Brien, Ballasiotes, Conway, Hankins, Ogden, Cairnes, Wood, Anderson, Lovick, Mitchell, Miloscia and Keiser
Read first time 01/29/1999. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to a study of inmate labor; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) For purposes of submitting a report to the legislature, the department of corrections shall conduct a study of:
(a) The use of all categories of inmate labor within department institutions and facilities in the past ten years;
(b) Inmate labor hours on jobs providing goods and services to communities in the private sector;
(c) The degree to which labor currently performed by inmates was previously performed in the private sector;
(d) Measures to prevent the use of inmate labor from displacing laborers in the private sector;
(e) The degree to which inmate labor leads to placement of released inmates in jobs similar to those they performed while inmates; and
(f) The use of inmate labor in geographic areas, and in career areas, where there is a high level of unemployment.
(2) The department shall compile the results of this study in a report and shall submit that report to the legislature on or before December 31, 1999.
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