Food benefits for low income families at risk in a government shutdown, White House says
As Congress barrels toward a partial government shutdown, the White House Monday warned that a program that helps millions of low income families afford healthy food could see substantial cuts. The White House released a state-by-state breakdown, estimating that nearly 7 million people who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, also known as WIC, could be at risk of losing funds to purchase select food and receive vouchers for vegetables and fruit. That list includes 130,962 WIC recipients in Washington state, 76,470 children and 25,908 infants among them. Continue reading at WA State Standard. (Lance Cheung)
Washington’s trend of treatment courts continues in Tacoma
For nearly three decades, Washington has experimented with an alternative system of justice in the form of “therapeutic courts,” where instead of jail time the accused is offered help to address the root causes of why they are in the system in the first place. State data shows that the therapeutic court model seems promising. A 2018 study from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services found that 73% of drug court participants in the state had committed no new crimes 18 months after treatment initiation. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Amanda Snyder)
Inmates allege DOC using faulty drug tests to levy harsh punishments in new lawsuit
Washington Department of Corrections officials have been using shoddy over-the-counter drug tests as grounds for harsh punishments that in some cases significantly delayed inmates’ release, a group of inmates argued in a class-action complaint filed Friday. These over-the-counter tests are known to be extremely inaccurate and are not allowed to be used for punishment in some states. Massachusetts outlawed the testing in its prison systems in 2021 as a result of a similar lawsuit, noting there’s around a 38% false positive rate, which is “less accurate than witchcraft, phrenology, or simply picking a number out of a hat,” according to the lawsuit. Continue reading at Spokesman Review. (Tribune News Service)
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