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New Washington Laws Aim to Interrupt Foster Care-to-Prison Pipeline [imprintnews.org]

 

By Elizabeth Amon, The Imprint, August 9, 2021

What unites the group of imprisoned men seeking change isn’t addiction recovery, making amends or anger management. Instead, it’s a shared childhood experience: foster care. “State-Raised” is the name of the group they’ve formed with the goal of disrupting the foster care-to-prison pipeline.

Washington legislation passed this spring is designed to help that mission, the group’s founder Arthur Longworth said on a recent call from the Monroe Corrections Complex.

Longworth, 56, is a former foster youth who has been serving a life sentence since age 21. During that time, he’s become an award-winning author, publishing two books and numerous articles in prominent news outlets. Much of his writing articulates the dual trauma of foster care upheaval and a life spent locked up.

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