The real drive behind prison labor for the private sector is not rehabilitation, but government subsidies which cost Washington State millions per year and eliminate fair-paying jobs for free workers. A list of some of the companies utilizing prison labor locally. Environmental groups experience secret surveillance and strategic lawsuits.
Big organizations attract lawsuits over difficult public-records access.
This important story on Seattle City Light rate hikes was actually turned down for publication in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Oilagarchy by Fred Felleman, MSc. Tanker Companies Resist Efforts to Safeguard Washington Waters from Oil Spills. Norplant by Rebecca Kavoussi. The price of corporate welfare in Seattle.