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Washington to release almost 1,000 inmates amid outbreak

by Associated Press
| April 15, 2020 1:03 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state will release nearly 1,000 inmates serving time for nonviolent offenses to create more space in its prisons after a coronavirus outbreak spread in one of its largest facilities, officials said Monday.

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