While Washington’s system has been strained for years, state officials and disability rights advocates say it effectively ground to a halt during the pandemic.Read More
A prisoner at the Monroe Correctional Complex has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the first incarcerated individual in a Washington prison known to have contracted the virus.Read More
Between 2008 and 2018, suicide accounted for 47% of jail deaths with a known cause in Oregon and Washington, according to an investigation by OPB, KUOW and the Northwest News Network. But an analysis shows the region’s prisons aren’t plagued by the same crisis.Read More
Deaths in the Whatcom County Jail highlight two stark realities: Native Americans are disproportionately more likely to be in Northwest jails. As a result, they are also more likely to die in jail. Read More
Faced with a flood of addicted inmates and challenged by lawsuits, America's county jails are struggling to adjust to an opioid health crisis that has turned many of the jails into their area's largest drug treatment centers.Read More
Bryan Emmal died at the Washington Corrections Center Sunday night. The Department of Corrections says he was the victim of an apparent homicide. WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Listen Police are […]Read More
