Washington Department of Corrections

Washington recently closed a prison to save money, but officials say rising prices for essentials and facility maintenance are contributing to the ballooning price of incarceration.

Washington's Department of Corrections has unveiled its strategies to reduce the use of isolation in its prisons, but it all relies on whether lawmakers set aside funding to support those changes.

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.

Washington state correctional facilities will no longer place people in custody in solitary confinement as a punishment — after state officials determined it is not effective.

More than 400 people who are incarcerated in Washington prisons have tested positive for COVID-19. Two have died. With crowded conditions, family and…

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If you’ve ever seen the movie Con Air, you know that high-risk prison inmates are sometimes moved around the country on charter flights. It turns out...

Her husband was murdered. Now, in a stranger-than-fiction twist, the killer is suing her from prison for causing him emotional distress. The lawsuit of…

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…

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Larch Corrections Center near Yacolt is testing how pet cats may soften the behavior of hardened criminals.Two cats were given to…