The Washington State Department of Corrections unveiled plans to implement a more equitable prison policy for 2023 that one critic says is the equivalent of the inmates "being asked how to run the ...

Keeping people in Washington’s prisons has gotten more expensive in recent years. The state is one of several where costs per prisoner have climbed as overall prison populations decline.

Kendrick Rochelle has been going to Washington’s overcrowded youth prison in Chehalis to build relationships with the young ...

At least 29 people died unexpectedly in Washington’s state prisons from July 2022 to June 2023, according to a new state report. That means deaths are up from the last reporting period ...

The inmates of Washington state’s prison system tramp through the forest, their yellow uniforms and helmets bright against the brown branches and green leaves. They are Arcadia 20, or ARC 20 ...

For the first time in more than a decade, Washington state is closing a prison. The Larch Corrections Center in Yacolt, Clark County will shut its gates for the last time next week. The state’s ...

A Seattle judge has issued a consent decree requiring prisons in Washington state to provide improved gender-affirming services to trans inmates. The settlement – the result of almost four years ...

At least 197 transgender people are incarcerated in Washington’s state prisons, according to the Department of Corrections, or 1.5% of the state’s nearly 13,000-person prison population.

Throughout the last two-and-a-half years, Washington's prisons, like others around the country, battled COVID outbreaks among inmates and staff members. The state Department of Corrections reports ...

These houses are part of the Washington State Department of Corrections reentry center in Bellingham, which officials are considering whether to close to help save money. (Photo courtesy of ...