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Bill to ban private prisons wins bipartisan support

Would close an ICE facility in Tacoma in 2025

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 with strong bipartisan support, and will receive a Senate vote in the coming weeks.

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