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When (and Why) Did WA DOC Prisoners Lose the Right to Wear Personal Clothing?

As documented in Greenhalgh v. Dep’t of Corr. (2014), WA DOC eliminated the right of prisoners to wear personal clothing in 2009. (See also DOC 440.000 and these early revisions of WA DOC 440.050 State-Issued Clothing/Linen.) As this Court of Appeals decisions states: “In January 2009, DOC informed its inmates that it amended DOC 440.000 to eliminate inmate possessionContinue reading “When (and Why) Did WA DOC Prisoners Lose the Right to Wear Personal Clothing?”