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House committee hears bill to expand earned release and add reentry track for long sentences
Summary
Representative Beth Doleo told the House Community Safety Committee on Jan. 28 that House Bill 1239 would expand earned release and open an additional graduated reentry track to prepare more incarcerated people for reentry.
Representative Beth Doleo, the bill's prime sponsor, told the House Community Safety Committee on Jan. 28 that House Bill 1239, called the Reentry Readiness Act, would "immerse" people entering Washington prisons in programming that prepares them for release and expand graduated reentry opportunities for those serving long terms.
The committee heard a staff summary from Lina Langer, counsel to the committee, who outlined the bill's core changes to earned release time and graduated reentry. Under the proposal, earned release would be calculated at 33.33% of eligible sentences; some current eligibility exceptions would remain in place. The bill also would add a third track to the Department of Corrections' graduated reentry program…
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