Bill that bans private prisons wins bipartisan support

State’s only one is detention center used by ICE in Tacoma By Patric Haerle Washington State Journal   OLYMPIA — Washington’s only private detention center is proposed for closure.   House Bill 1090 prohibits any person, business or government from operating private, for-profit detention facilities. It recently passed in the House of Representatives Feb. 23 with strong bipartisan…

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