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Packed prisons strain budgets in Washington state
The Washington Corrections Center for Women faces crowding as bunks rise to two per 9 by 6 foot cell and meals, showers, and access slow. State budgets strain under a 150 percent rise in prison populations since 1980, with calls for cheaper punishment, alternative programs, and sentencing reform to reduce reliance on incarceration.
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Shelton
Wash
Thomas L Thomas
Washington
Thomas
Prson
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Tim Matthews
Center For Law and Justice
Council of State Governments
West
California
Nevada
Washington State
Chase Riveland
Jerry Sheehan
American Civil Liberties Union
FBI