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Larch Corrections Center in Southwest Washington will close this week, despite efforts from staff and some elected leaders to pause the decision many say took them by surprise this summer.

More than three dozen Pierce County Jail inmates allege long-known plumbing issues are creating unhealthy living conditions and sickening people awaiting trial.

Inmates at the Pierce County jail say persistent raw sewage backflow and putrid smells are causing illnesses and infections.

The state is taking steps to reduce Washington's prison population to stop the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Jay Inslee has issued a new emergency proclamation…

In 2012, Michael Saffioti turned himself in on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. The next day at the Snohomish County Jail in Everett,…

A prisoner who escaped Tuesday from a wildfire work crew in Washington state is still on the run. The Washington Department of Corrections said Maksim...

Two prison inmates escaped from their service fighting a wildfire near Goldendale, Washington early Tuesday morning. Tyray Munter, 30, was convicted of...

The labor-intensive work of rearing threatened plants and animals for restoration to the wild takes time and patience. In Oregon and Washington, a growing…

Two Washington prison inmates have committed suicide in recent weeks at the state’s main intake facility in Shelton.The first was in October. The most…

In a growing number of Northwest prisons, inmates are rearing endangered plants, butterflies, turtles and frogs for release in the wild.It started just…