Washington must act now in helping the most vulnerable the formerly Justice involved that strive to reintegrate back into community on equitable and fair ground. The current correction system is more impactful than we think. 

All community members are impacted by not having this proposal codified in our state law. If you're a taxpayer, you impacted by the redivision rate that your money pays to house sometimes innocent persons into a vicious cycle of incarceration. If you're a parent, caretaker, guardian or good neighbor who belongs to and cares about your community, you know the emotional labor you put in to see the wage theft of your loved ones robbed of hope and opportunity adding to the tax burden of incarnation and poverty after the fact for many. If you have ever been the victim of a crime your impacted by the lack of restorative practices on scale level and subject to re-victimization. with inadequate reentry services that are forced to ridged guidelines and red tape equitable resources to these persons who need them the most so that our families and communities can be stronger. 

the impact is social, economic, psychological and emotional labor of seeing ones that you care about struggle unnecessarily who strive reintegrate back into a community after they have paid their debt to society. It is the stigma that is associated which automatically presumes their guilt and holds them there by actions that keep the proverbial" foot on their necks. By not signing, there is the creation of divesture into community and the investment in a system that we all in some ways are desperately finding solution of change that work for everyone. Let us add Washingtonians who carry   the onerous burden and characteristic of a conviction. On paper to a protected class of persons against legal discrimination and help our communities build social infrastructure and take the lead in real progress.In 2016 it was said“Not only do taxpayers spend billions per year to send people to prison for far too long. This time in prison also means lost income for families and lost job prospects upon release, which create disruptions to our economy and labor force.”( Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a member of the Brennan Center’s Economic Advisory Board,) 

“Today’s event shows that mass incarceration is not only a racial justice issue, but an economic one as well, with far-reaching consequences that the country is only now beginning to understand.” Inimai Chettiar, 

“Our society pays an enormous material price for mass incarceration,” said Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute. “It creates an enormous amount of economic inefficiency. As much as it pains me as an economist to admit it, this really isn’t about the money… The economic case for reform is really just a proxy for something much deeper, that we talked about here today.”

what is at stake is continued divestment in marginalized economic, social and educationally deprived communities. what's at stake is the creation of unnecessary victims of crime due in most part by those who don't see r have hope in mind due to the lack of opportunity or the skills to embrace opportunity. what's at stake, are more wasted taxpayer dollars that subsidize the endless cycle of poverty in the form on scale level homelessness of the capable and competent that are full of potential for the good of our respective communities.