Quaker Lobby Day is less than two weeks away! Can you donate one day for justice? How about February 9? If you haven’t already registered to attend FCWPP’s first Quaker Lobby Day, now’s the time to sign up. Our program begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Olympia Friends meeting house.…
Dear Supporters of the Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy, Friends have been a leading voice for prison reform for over 350 years. But our voice has never been needed more than it is today, when our nation has a higher reported rate of imprisonment than any other country in…
Friends--Another friendly nudge from you and we may end up with two more good bills passed this session: SB 6790 on prison education and HB 2026 on military recruiting in the schools. Thank you. Post-secondary Education for Prisoners. SSB6790 is an exciting bill that attempts to reintroduce highereducation into the prison system…
House Bill 2879 creating new terrorism crimes and expanding the death penalty, and House Bill 2416 greatly expanding wiretap authority in anti-terrorism investigations, passed the House with large majorities in mid-February. HB 2879 was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday the 28th. Chairman Kline did not let the bill…
Friends—Global changes and their impacts on our state and communities are critical issues which FCWPP will be including in its legislative focus. This week is an important one, with four major bills before the legislature dealing with how we can build more sustainable communities . Climate change and fossil fuel…
SB 5070, the state omnibus reentry bill to salvage lives and reduce recidivism for the benefit of offenders, their families, and our communities, is in the House awaiting floor action before tomorrow's cutoff deadline.Please urge your representatives to help bring this important bill to a vote, and to only support amendments that will mitigate…
Sen. Margarita Prentice from the 11th District (Renton), is chair of Senate Ways & Means, and is the key figure in the progress of the corrections ombudsman bill, SB 5295. To progress further, the bill must have a hearing and be reported out of Ways & Means by next Monday, March…
We have been successful in obtaining a hearing on SB 5295, the corrections ombudsman bill, which will be heard this Friday, Feb. 9 at 8:00 a.m. by the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee, which meets in senate hearing room 1. We will have to make a very substantial…
Please call or email Sen. Jim Hargrove, chair of the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee, to urge him to give SB 5295, the Corrections Ombudsman bill, a hearing. Sen. Hargrove's district 24 covers Clallam, Grays Harbor, and Jefferson counties. Calls from people in those counties are particularly needed, but calls from throughout the…