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Life in prison is no picnic. But imagine being blind or deaf or in a wheelchair behind bars.A new report out Wednesday says state prison systems should be…
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Washington Senate Republicans Blame Early Release Mistake On Ex-Corrections Chief, Governor's OfficeIt’s been five months since Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced that over a 13-year period nearly 3,000 prison inmates were accidentally released early.…
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Officer Jayme Biendl was murdered by an inmate in the chapel at the Monroe Correctional Complex in 2011. Her death spawned a major prison safety…
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Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday that another former Washington Department of Corrections official has resigned over the accidental early release of…
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Washington state abolished parole more than 30 years ago. Now, there’s a push by some inmate advocates to bring parole back. They had a chance to make…
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Partisan tensions are building over the early release of nearly 3,000 Washington prison inmates that resulted in two deaths. Republicans held a third…
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Washington Governor Jay Inslee has released a 52-page investigative report by two former federal prosecutors, Carl Blackstone and Robert Westinghouse,…
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The state lawyer at the center of an early release error involving Washington prison inmates has testified under oath for the first time. Two deaths are…
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The accidental early release of nearly 3,000 Washington prison inmates will be the subject of a three hour legislative hearing Monday. Meanwhile, the…
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A Washington state correctional officer is recovering at home after a vicious assault. The attack came almost five years to the day after another prison…