Yesterday Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary Steve Sinclair announced his retirement. As we wrote to Governor Jay Inslee in 2019 regarding our collaboration with Secretary Sinclair: “We have…
Indigenous inmates in Washington State have not seen family in person or been allowed to engage in group sweat-lodge worship since March. Advocates worry even more about them now that…
The Washington State Penitentiary (WSP), and Huy, an Indigenous non-profit advocacy organization, have collaborated to help incarcerated Indigenous people find spiritually rehabilitation, while providing skills and resources that can be used both…
Our hearts are full. After three years of advocacy, we are grateful that two Washington State prisons have helped create sacred Indigenous space, where our imprisoned relatives are now growing and…
On Wednesday, Huy wrote this letter to the House Democratic Caucus: February 12, 2020 VIA EMAIL Re: SHB 2576 Dear Members of the House Democratic Caucus: We support SHB 2576, which…
Huy has joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Latino Civic Alliance, Washington State Labor Council, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in support for two Washington State bills that…
Effective October 4, 2019, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families adopted its new Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) Policy 4.11, “Accessing Religious & Spiritual Activities,” after consulting and collaborating with Washington…
Today Huy submitted comments in opposition to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Petition for Rulemaking regarding implementation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty…
Huy has written Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary Steve Sinclair in opposition to his agency’s recent ban on used books. You can read Huy’s letter to the DOC here,…
In a spectacular decision in favor of three Natives incarcerated in the Texas state prison system, a federal court judge in Houston has ruled that Texas cannot enforce “its male grooming policy…
