Task force endorses three state legislative priorities for Whatcom County
The task force unanimously moved to endorse three 2027 state priorities—jail facility buybacks (including two courtrooms and reentry placements), deflection/diversion funding, and public defense funding—and to transmit the recommendation to the county executive and council.
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Cochair Peter Fraser moved that the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force endorse three state legislative priorities for 2027 and transmit them to the Whatcom County Executiveand County Council. The motion listed (1) jail facility buybacks seeking state funding for two courtrooms, reentry placements and family contact visitation space; (2) continued and expanded funding for deflection and diversion programs such as the Alternative Response Team and reentry housing; and (3) public defense funding to support staffing, hiring pipelines and compliance with statewide caseload standards.
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