Correctional officers’ strikes are erupting across New York State, with protestors calling for better working conditions. The ...
Correction officers at prisons across the state are striking again on Tuesday. The staff are protesting working conditions ...
A female prisoner at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, Mozzy Clark-Sanchez, was forced to share a cell with a “fully intact biological male” and is now suing the Washington State ...
A transgender woman’s incarceration at a men’s prison is “unconstitutionally cruel,” a legal petition filed against the Washington State Department of Corrections this week says.
Reentry programs, like the 11 reentry facilities the Department of Corrections (DOC) in the state offers, can help lower the recidivism rate significantly by providing those exiting incarceration, ...
A new bill, HB 1070, would help correctional officers access the same services as firefighters and law enforcement.
Washington lawmakers are exploring a variety of legislative solutions to address chronic issues at its juvenile ...
The Progress Community Corrections Center (CCC) in Waynesburg, a facility designed to assist inmates with their reentry into society, is among four state facilities being slated for closure. A state ...
As the population grew over the summer, the state Department of Children, Youth and Families temporarily suspended intakes at Green Hill and Echo Glen’s Children’s Center in Snoqualmie, the state’s ...
(The Center Square) – Washington lawmakers are exploring a ... to be housed within facilities run by the state Department of Corrections under certain circumstances. Speaking on the bill at ...