A sensible approach would be to REDUCE THE NUMBER of people in prison.
Instead, a plan is underway to BUILD A BIGGER PRISON for women, to be located in the southern part of Thurston County.
The attached information summarizes reasons for opposing a NEW PRISON for women in southern Thurston County WA. The meeting this attachment announces has passed, but we still need public opposition. See information in this attachment:
Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org
