Washington State House Bill 1715 Is an attempt to hide information from the public about what goes on in DOC 

 A "public record" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. 

Allowing the department of corrections to exempt information contained in the internal database on security threat group data from dissemination under the public records act. 

Anyone who has worked for, currently works for or has been incarcerated in Washington Department of Corrections know that there are no reasons or rational why information is labeled “security threat group data” . 

This Bill will allow DOC not to provide information if I&I wants to label it STG related. 

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1715&year=2013

Please sign this petition to show you do not support HB 1715 and also email and tell them this bill is not in the best interest of line staff and offenders in Washington Department of Corrections !! 

Representative Luis Moscoso @ [email protected] 

Representative Brad Klippert (sponsor of this bill) @ [email protected] , 

Representative Roger Goodman @ [email protected] 

http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2013011082 

Start at 23:31. After hearing testimony the Senate did not allow this proposed bill to continue !!