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More than 300 inmates released due to COVID-19 concerns

by Associated Press
| April 23, 2020 8:06 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — Hundreds of inmates have moved out of Washington state prisons as the new coronavirus continues to spread in facilities across the state and hundreds more are on lists for possible release, officials said Wednesday.

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