The Franklin County Board of Commissioners has taken control of the county jail from the Sheriff's Office, establishing a new Department of Corrections. This decision followed ...

Zachary Rosenthal allegedly conspired with others to damage six different power substations in Washington, according to an ...

Juvenile rehabilitation leaders were banking on changes to state law to relieve an overcrowded and chaotic system that’s left youth and staff to fend for themselves.

Benton County took control of their jail in 2019 during a prolonged fight with Sheriff Jerry Hatcher, who would eventually be ...

These problems occur in state prisons and local jails as well. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in 2020 how the Clayton County Jail failed to notify a woman that her mother had suffered ...

It's been roughly six weeks since Washington State Trooper Sarah Clasen was involved in an accident ... Sanchez would die from his injuries. Google maps/WSP/Canva Google maps/WSP/Canva Clasen was ...

state hospitals and state prisons. Jim Kopriva, media relations manager for the Washington Department of Corrections, said reducing funding for those services will be a “shock” to those programs.

Police are searching for a suspect in a 1997 Washington state homicide after a set of remains were identified with advanced forensic technology. The remains were found by a person walking through ...

OLYMPIA — Under a new bill passed by the Washington State Senate, youth in juvenile detention centers would no longer be handed prison riot charges after altercations. The Senate describes House ...

Men accused of being Islamic State fighters last month in a cell Al-Sina Prison, run by the Syrian ... and Eric Schmitt from Washington April 9, 2025 The Islamic State has shown renewed vigor ...

The incident happened at the Arizona State Prison Complex Tucson’s Cimarron Unit, the agency said. Wassenaar and another inmate took two prison guards hostage in 2004 and held them captive in ...