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Incoming DOC secretary briefs Human Services Committee on staffing, health care and reentry priorities
Summary
Tim Lang, governor‑elect’s pick to lead Washington Department of Corrections, and DOC leaders outlined staffing shortages, overtime, health‑care needs including electronic health records and opioid treatment expansion, and reentry goals tied to the national Reentry 2030 initiative.
The Senate Human Services Committee heard a one‑hour work session Tuesday from leaders of the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC), including incoming secretary Tim Lang, who outlined the agency’s priorities for the coming biennium and described staffing and health‑care challenges affecting prisons, reentry and community supervision.
"Our mission is to provide people opportunities to positively change their lives," Lang told the committee as he described the department’s focus on safe, humane facilities and successful transitions back to the community. Deputy Secretary Sean Murphy and assistant secretaries Danielle Armbruster (reentry) and Mac Peavey (community corrections) joined Lang for the presentation.
Committee members were presented with operational data, staffing pressures and several agency legislative requests aimed at addressing recruitment, overtime and service delivery.
Why it matters DOC leaders said their…
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