The Washington Department of Corrections is looking to revamp the use of solitary confinement in the state’s prisons. DOC Secretary Cheryl Strange has promised to reduce the use of solitary ...

The Washington State Department of Corrections announced Monday that it will close one of its minimum security facilities, and dramatically reduce its use of solitary confinement. Larch Corrections ...

OLYMPIA – Most state workers can expect a $1,000 bonus in July for staying on at their jobs, but one group of workers at the Department of Corrections says they have been wrongfully excluded from ...

The Washington State DOC will leverage Unite Us’ closed-loop referral system, facilitating seamless connections to vital resources, promoting self-sufficiency, and fostering positive outcomes while ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Following a Clark County court ruling on Monday, Larch Mountain Correctional Center is shutting down Oct. 10, in a decision against union member claims that the Department of ...

Jails that are not compliant with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act's requirements will still be able to continue to house state inmates under a new agreement approved Thursday by the Board of ...

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 ...

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — KOMO News confirmed that the man shot and killed in a drive-by shooting along Machias Rd in Snohomish County Thursday evening was a corrections officer with the Washington ...

SEATTLE — A former Washington corrections officer who sexually assaulted four inmates at the city of Forks jail in 2019 is out of prison after completing roughly 13 months of his 20-month sentence.