Prison
Oregon county releases inmates amid budget cuts
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Dozens of inmates ran whooping from a small town jail into the sunshine Wednesday after a cash-strapped county in Oregon's timber region was forced to release them amid budget cuts.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest
Children permitted at state prison powwows
WALLA WALLA -- Graysun Sherwood lay sprawled across his grandmother's lap, a red Kool-Aid stain ringing his mouth.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest
Onetime top football prospect seeks exoneration
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- In the summer of 2002, Brian Banks' future looked bright: He was a 17-year-old high school football star being heavily recruited by a number of colleges. But in a single day that changed with the accusations of kidnapping and rape by a female student.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
Unabomber submits update to Harvard alumni book
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard University's alumni association says it regrets including the Unabomber's references to his convictions in a directory for his 50th class reunion this week.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World
N.Y. bride who faked cancer sentenced to time served
GOSHEN, N.Y. -- A woman who faked having cancer so donors would pay for her “dream wedding” and Caribbean honeymoon was released from jail Wednesday after paying back more than $13,000 to the people she duped.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World
Walla Walla Penitentiary population growing
WALLA WALLA -- Cutbacks in some parts of the Washington state prison system are sending more inmates to the Washington state Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Northwest
Skagit killer could move from hospital to prison
MOUNT VERNON -- A judge is expected to decide whether the gunman who killed a sheriff's deputy and five other people during a 2008 spree should be moved from a state psychiatric hospital to prison.
Date: 05/20/2012 | Northwest
Man gets 17 years in 1986 Spokane slaying
SPOKANE -- A 63-year-old man is now serving a prison sentence after his DNA was linked, years later, to a 1986 rape and murder of a Spokane woman.Spokane County Superior Court Judge Kathleen O'Connor sentenced Gary Trimble to just over 17 years in prison Friday.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest
Feds: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations designed to reduce the number of inmates who suffer sexual victimization at the hands of other...
Date: 05/18/2012 | Nation & World
Sister of cop killer to leave prison soon
TACOMA -- Washington Corrections officials confirm that the sister of a man who killed four police officers in November 2009 will be freed in July after serving about half of the five-year sentence she got for her role in the case.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Yakama tribal jail focuses on rehabilitation
TOPPENISH -- The focus of a new Yakama tribal jail in Toppenish is rehabilitation.It includes classrooms where inmates can study.Chief of Corrections Gene Fenton told KIMA that it will also hold juvenile offenders who previously have been sent to Spokane.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Accused killer logged lots of complaints
We know that some readers have had their fill of stories about the aggravated murder case involving Byron Scherf, the Monroe inmate accused of killing a Washington State Reformatory corrections officer.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Sirens
Portland police link 3 deaths to 'I-5 killer'
PORTLAND, Ore. -- More than 30 years after her daughter’s death, Candee Wilson has confirmation of what she had always known.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Northwest
8-year sentence for Pasco shooting
PASCO -- A Pasco man was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for a shooting that paralyzed his neighbor.In a plea deal with Franklin County prosecutors, 54-year-old Froilan Campos-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to attempted assault in the December shooting of 24-year-old Gregg Warehime.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Northwest
Tear gas at Venezuela prison after gunfire erupts
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Gunfire erupted at a Venezuelan prison on Tuesday, prompting National Guard troops to use tear gas as they sought to take back control from armed inmates.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Nation & World
Scherf stopped talking when told no snacks, he says
EVERETT -- An inmate accused of killing a Monroe corrections officer apparently wants people to blame staff at the Snohomish County Jail for his decision months ago to stop cooperating with police and prosecutors.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Local News
'Barefoot Bandit' out of solitary confinement
SEATTLE -- The youthful thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," who led police on a two-year crime spree in stolen boats, cars and planes, has been moved out of solitary confinement and into the general inmate population at another prison in Washington state, corrections officials confirmed...
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Byron Scherf's wife of 24 years files for divorce
EVERETT -- The longtime wife of an inmate accused of killing a Monroe corrections officer has filed for divorce, saying that the marriage is "irretrievably broken."
Date: 04/28/2012 | Local News
'Barefoot Bandit' in solitary confinement at Walla Walla
SEATTLE -- Colton Harris-Moore, the youthful thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," is being held in solitary confinement at a Washington state prison, a situation his lawyer calls absurd.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
Charles Manson denied in possible final bid for parole
CORCORAN, Calif. -- A California prison panel denied parole Wednesday to mass murderer Charles Manson in his 12th and possibly final bid for freedom.Manson, now a gray-bearded, 77-year-old, did not attend the hearing.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Nation & World
Report: 150,000 languish in N. Korean prison camps
WASHINGTON -- More than 150,000 North Koreans are incarcerated in a Soviet-style, hidden gulag despite the communist government's denial it holds political prisoners, a human rights group reported Tuesday.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Nation & World
Chinese housing activist is jailed for fraud
BEIJING -- A veteran Chinese activist left disabled by past police mistreatment was sentenced Tuesday to two years and eight months in jail for fraud and provoking trouble.Ni Yulan was sentenced by a Beijing court along with her husband, Dong Jiqin, who was jailed for two years.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Charles Manson, now 77, gets chance at parole
LOS ANGELES -- Charles Manson is not expected to attend his parole hearing next week, officials said.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Nation & World
Somali man gets life sentence for yacht hijacking
NORFOLK, Va. -- A Somali man has received a life sentence for his role in the hijacking of an American yacht.A federal judge in Norfolk, Va., sentenced Said Abdi Fooley on Friday. He had pleaded guilty to piracy, which carries a mandatory life term.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Northwest
Man gets life without parole for Pasco murder
PASCO -- A 33-year-old Pasco man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole in the stabbing death of his girlfriend.Gregorio Luna Luna was convicted of aggravated murder last month in Franklin County for the death of 21-year-old Griselda Ocampo Meza.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Northwest
State prisons running out of room
SEATTLE -- With about 16,000 inmates, Washington prisons are at 102 percent of capacity, and officials need to find space by this summer to hold 160 more, the state Department of Corrections said.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Northwest
Promotion brings new prison chief to Monroe
MONROE -- A change of leadership is in the works at the Monroe Correctional Complex.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Local News
Calif. woman gets life term for killing ill husband
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- On the night his cancer-stricken brother was stabbed to death, David Jessee knew his sister-in-law was somehow behind it.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
Judge steps aside in Biendl murder case
EVERETT -- A Snohomish County judge stepped down Friday from the death penalty case against an inmate accused of killing a Monroe corrections officer.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Local News
White teen pleads guilty in Miss. hate crime
JACKSON, Miss. — A white teenager pleaded guilty to murder and a hate crime Wednesday for running over a black man with his pickup truck in a killing a judge called a stain on Mississippi that will take years to fade.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Nation & World
Man sentenced in Seattle bus shooting
SEATTLE -- A 25-year-old Seattle man has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for illegally possessing a gun that went off on a Metro bus in downtown Seattle last May.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Northwest
Walla Walla prison stabbing extends sentence
WALLA WALLA -- A man serving a 41-year prison sentence for a double killing at Ferndale had another two years added to his sentence for a stabbing at the Washington state Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Northwest
State to demolish prison camp near Arlington
ARLINGTON -- The state Department of Corrections is setting free a troubled case with an extensive criminal past.It's not an inmate; it's a prison.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Local News
Walla Walla sex predator qualifies for release
WALLA WALLA -- A sex predator who was civilly committed after a series of crimes in the 1990s in Walla Walla is being released, with conditions.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Upgrade planned at prison chapel where officer was killed
MONROE -- The Washington State Reformatory chapel could open by summer for the first time since corrections officer Jayme Biendl was strangled at the Monroe prison in January 2011.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Local News
Man gets 33 years for brutal assault in Shoreline
SEATTLE -- A 22-year-old man who brutally beat an older man who tried to thwart the theft of his car has been sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
Man who shot, killed man over laptop sentenced
YAKIMA -- A Granger man who shot and killed another man over laptop has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
Inmate died in jail at Pasco of water intoxication
PASCO -- The Franklin County coroner says a man found dead at the county jail in Pasco died of accidental water intoxication.Coroner Dan Blasdel said 55-year-old Henry Montelongo was taking medication that caused him to feel thirsty and drink excessive amounts of water.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
State penitentiary employee accused of sleeping on duty
WALLA WALLA -- The Washington Department of Corrections is investigating a mental health counselor at the state Penitentiary in Walla Walla who is accused of sleeping on duty.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Horror and mercy marked deadly prison fire; 355 are dead
COMAYAGUA, Honduras -- Two of the bodies were found facing one another in a large sink, their remains completely blackened. Others were squished together in the prison bathroom where they had sought refuge from the flames, their bodies an indistinguishable mass.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Nation & World
Inmates indicted in attack on federal prison guard
SEATTLE -- Two inmates at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac have been indicted in a metal-pipe attack that left a corrections officer with severe skull fractures.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Northwest
Half of 355 inmates who died in fire were not convicted (Video)
COMAYAGUA, Honduras — The prisoners whose scorched bodies were carried out piece by piece Thursday morning from a charred Honduran prison had been locked inside an overcrowded penitentiary where most inmates had never been charged, let alone convicted, according to an internal Honduran...
Date: 02/15/2012 | Nation & World
Man convicted of molesting 8 children will be released from prison soon
EVERETT -- A convicted child molester who spent more than two decades behind bars is set to be released on March 5.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Local News
Inmate dies at Clark County Jail
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- An inmate died Friday morning at the Clark County Jail in Vancouver.The sheriff's office says fire department responded to a report of a man in medical distress. He could not be revived and was declared dead at the jail.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Northwest
New fight, lockdown at Walla Walla penitentiary
WALLA WALLA -- A second inmate fight in a week renewed lockdowns at the Washington state Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
Date: 02/06/2012 | Northwest
Whatcom County woman gets 4 years for impersonating dead mom
BELLINGHAM -- A Whatcom County woman who impersonated her dead mother in order to receive her mother's pension benefits has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
Tacoma man gets 38 years for killing ex-girlfriend
TACOMA -- A Tacoma man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death while their daughter held a slumber party in the next room has been sentenced to 38 years in prison.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
Woman wins $975K years after giving birth in jail
SEATTLE -- Fourteen years after giving birth in a King County jail cell, a woman has won $975,000 in a federal jury trial.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Northwest
"Teacher Grandpa" sentenced for rape
SPOKANE -- A former Spokane day care worker who was known as "Teacher Grandpa" has been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for child rape.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Northwest
Kent man convicted in fatal shooting of boy, 12
SEATTLE -- A Kent man has been convicted of fatally shooting a 12-year-old boy in the back as he walked home from a store.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Northwest
Honoring Jayme Biendl
Family holds a 5K run on the anniversary of her death
Date: 01/30/2012 | Local News
2 Mount Vernon men sentenced to prison for murder
MOUNT VERNON -- Two Mount Vernon men have been sentenced to a combined half-century in prison for killing another man in a robbery gone awry.
Date: 01/25/2012 | Northwest
Our biggest big house
The Monroe Correctional Complex is five prisons in one
Date: 01/22/2012 | Need to Know
Lawmakers likely to reject prisoners’ early release as money-saver
OLYMPIA -- With lawmakers showing little interest in letting hundreds of prisoners out early to save money, Washington State Reformatory's future as a medium security prison appears less in doubt.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Local News
Grandview suspect who nixed plea deal gets 7 years
YAKIMA -- A defendant in a Grandview drive-by gang shooting who refused to take a plea bargain was convicted at his trial in Yakima and sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Northwest
Outgoing Miss. Gov. Barbour pardons 4 killers
JACKSON, Miss. -- Outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has pardoned at least four convicted killers who worked as inmate trusties at the Governor's Mansion, including a man who was denied parole less than two weeks ago.
Date: 01/09/2012 | Nation & World
Prison officials believe dereliction of duty set stage for Biendl's death
MONROE -- As the somber anniversary of the slaying of Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl nears, newly released documents show that state prison officials believe dereliction of duty by some of her co-workers helped set the stage for the killing.
Date: 01/08/2012 | Local News
20-year sentence for fatal stomping of man in Tumwater
TUMWATER -- A 22-year-old transient has been sentenced to 20 years in the fatal beating and stomping of a 60-year-old man attacked in Tumwater.
Date: 12/29/2011 | Northwest
1-year sentence for Kennewick woman who pimped minors
KENNEWICK -- A Kennewick woman who forced underage girls to have sex with men was sentenced Wednesday to one year in jail -- an exceptionally low sentence for the felony charge.
Date: 12/29/2011 | Northwest
Economic funds to help pay for vacant Yakima jail
YAKIMA -- County commissioners agreed to commit at least $3.8 million from a fund for economic development to pay off a new jail that is sitting vacant.
Date: 12/21/2011 | Northwest
Man who shot himself sentenced for gun possession
TACOMA -- Federal prosecutors say a Port Orchard man who was investigated after he accidentally shot himself at his home has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison for possession of a stolen gun.
Date: 12/16/2011 | Northwest
Man gets 6 years in bondage sex, burned body case
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- A truck driver claims his prostitute fiancée suffocated as they celebrated their engagement with a meth and bondage sex party. Then he drove from California to Mississippi with the corpse in the cab of his 18-wheeler and set fire to the truck -- with himself and the body...
Date: 12/12/2011 | Nation & World
Scherf's medical records won't be suppressed
EVERETT -- Prosecutors won't be forced to return the medical records of the inmate accused of killing Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl.
Date: 12/10/2011 | Local News
Cuts would transform prison
100 could lose jobs in switch to minimum security
Date: 12/09/2011 | Local News
State court tosses gang leader's death sentence
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court on Monday took the rare step of tossing out the murder convictions and death sentences of a Los Angeles gang leader who authorities believe was the "shot caller" responsible for dozens of murders.
Date: 12/05/2011 | Nation & World
Calif. man who killed 25 farmworkers denied parole
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A California man who was once known as the nation's worst serial killer was again denied parole Monday after he admitted his guilt for the first time before the parole board.
Date: 12/05/2011 | Nation & World
Lawmakers look at new way to keep offenders in line
Community corrections officers across the state could employ a new tactic by next spring to get felons on supervision to meet the conditions of their release.The idea is to impose brief but immediate punishment of up to 72 hours in jail for violators.
Date: 12/04/2011 | Local News
Norway killer found insane, unfit for prison
OSLO, Norway -- Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik belongs in psychiatric care instead of prison, Norwegian prosecutors said Tuesday after a mental evaluation declared him legally insane during a bomb-and-shooting rampage that killed 77 people.
Date: 11/29/2011 | Nation & World
Prosecutor says jail guard justified in fatally shooting inmate who took hostage
MONTESANO -- Grays Harbor County Prosecutor Stew Menefee says a jail guard was justified in fatally shooting an inmate who took a woman hostage as he attempted to escape during a hospital visit in Aberdeen.
Date: 11/21/2011 | Northwest
Ohio executes man who killed 3 sleeping sons
LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- A man who fatally shot his three sons while they slept in 1982, shortly after his wife filed for divorce, was executed Tuesday with each of his hands clenched in an obscene gesture.
Date: 11/15/2011 | Nation & World
Ex-lawyer ordered to addiction treatment
EVERETT -- In his 34-year career as a lawyer, Patrick Mullen stood in front of a judge many times to argue on behalf of his clients.On Monday, Mullen's challenge wasn't in making an articulate case. It was proving his sincerity.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Local News
Judge to rule on Byron Scherf's seized medical records
EVERETT -- A judge is expected to take a week or two to decide if police acted legally when they seized medical records about the man accused of killing Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Local News
Man who voluntarily gave up DNA convicted of murders
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A man who was not even a suspect until he voluntarily gave up his DNA was convicted Monday of killing three New York women more than 15 years ago.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Nation & World
Former Port Orchard cop gets 23-year sentence
PORT ORCHARD -- A former Port Orchard police officer convicted of pushing his girlfriend out a window was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison for assault.The Kitsap Sun reported that Dennis L. McCarthy, 49, was given the maximum sentence for his conviction.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Prison bolsters safety
Changes followed murder of corrections officer in Monroe
Date: 11/04/2011 | Local News
State inmates lend a hand on bumper crop of apples
WASHINGTON -- Even after deploying 105 prison inmates this week to help pick apples, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire says growers still need from 3,000 to 4,000 workers to help harvest before the season's first major freeze.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Business
Changes at prisons meant to make employees safer
The killing of Jayme Biendl at the Monroe Correctional Complex in January has led to a series of changes aimed at making corrections officers safer at prisons across the state.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Local News
Rampage suspect seeks halt to forced medication
SAN FRANCISCO -- Prison officials are unfairly forcing the man suspected of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to take a powerful anti-psychotic so he can stand trial and possibly face the death penalty for a shooting rampage that also killed six, his lawyers argued Tuesday.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Nation & World
Inmates freed after crack penalties are eased
WASHINGTON -- Antwain Black was facing a few more years in Leavenworth for dealing crack. But on Tuesday, he was on his way home to Illinois.
Date: 11/01/2011 | Nation & World
90-year prison sentence in Yakima for gang murder
YAKIMA -- A Toppenish gang member was sentenced to 90 years in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a rival gang member.
Date: 10/28/2011 | Northwest
Inmate in prison guard killing sentenced to death
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota inmate was sentenced to death Thursday for killing a prison guard by bashing him with a pipe, covering his mouth with plastic wrap and then wearing the dead man's uniform during an attempt to escape.
Date: 10/27/2011 | Nation & World
Prison restructuring brings layoff warnings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California prison system that has grown over the past several decades to be the nation's largest and has been criticized and sued for severe inmate crowding is heading for an historic downsizing.
Date: 10/27/2011 | Nation & World
3 corrections officers fired at Monroe prison
MONROE -- Three corrections officers have been fired for their conduct at the Monroe Correctional Complex the night officer Jayme Biendl was killed and for inconsistent or false statements made to investigators afterward.
Date: 10/26/2011 | Local News
British prison guards concerned about losing keys
LONDON -- The inmates are locked up, but where's the key?A Birmingham Prison officer's set of keys has gone missing and now every lock at one of the country's largest prisons must be replaced, a union official said Friday.
Date: 10/22/2011 | Nation & World
Guard kills fleeing inmate in Aberdeen
ABERDEEN -- A 40-year-old county jail inmate was fatally shot after he fled naked from an Aberdeen hospital visit and attacked a nearby worker had attempted suicide hours earlier.
Date: 10/21/2011 | Northwest
Man gets life in prison for piracy that killed Seattle couple
NORFOLK, Va. -- A federal judge sentenced a Yemeni fisherman on Friday to life in prison for his role in a yacht hijacking in the Indian Ocean that resulted in the slayings of four Americans.
Date: 10/21/2011 | Northwest
Corrections officer cut at Lakewood office
LAKEWOOD -- A community corrections officer is recovering from a box cutter wound in the leg he suffered when he attempted to arrest an offender for a parole violation at the Department of Corrections field office in Lakewood.
Date: 10/21/2011 | Northwest
L.A. sheriff blames himself for violence at jails
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he's to blame for deputy misconduct and brutality against inmates in the nation's largest jail network.
Date: 10/17/2011 | Nation & World
'Bicycle bandit' sentenced to 17 years
SPOKANE -- A man known as the "bicycle bandit," who committed nine bank robberies in Spokane from which he fled on a bike, has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison.The U.S. Attorney's Office said Lucas G. Woodard, 34, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to the robberies.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Northwest
Families face difficult questions when family member is released from prison
It's a trail of terror, with twists, turns and questions still unanswered. When I think of the nightmarish case of a slain Everett couple and the murders of two other men, one question looms large.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Local News
Work continues to address safety issues at Monroe prison after murder of corrections officer
MONROE -- The state Department of Corrections still must address workplace safety hazards documented at the Washington State Reformatory after officer Jayme Biendl was killed on duty last January.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Local News
No change of judge in Scherf case
EVERETT -- Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wynne won't step down from overseeing the trial of the man accused of killing Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl.
Date: 10/13/2011 | Local News
'Austin Powers' bit actor Joseph Son suspected in prison death
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A bit actor who appeared in the first "Austin Powers" movie is suspected in the death of his cellmate at the California prison where he is serving a life sentence, corrections officials said Tuesday.
Date: 10/11/2011 | Nation & World
Somalis get life in prison for U.S. yacht hijacking
NORFOLK, Va. -- A federal judge sentenced a third Somali man to life in prison on Monday for his role in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Africa that left all four Americans on board dead.
Date: 10/03/2011 | Nation & World
Ohio Muslim inmates sue over meal preparation
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Muslim death row inmate says the Ohio prison system is denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while at the same time providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners, according to a federal lawsuit that alleges a civil rights violation.
Date: 10/03/2011 | Nation & World
Feds revise medical rules for transgender inmates
SAN FRANCISCO -- Transgender inmates who did not begin treatment prior to entering federal custody can now receive hormones, specialized mental health counseling and possibly gender reassignment surgery while they are in prison, according to new rules adopted by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons as part...
Date: 10/03/2011 | Nation & World
Monroe inmate charged with attack on counselor
MONROE -- A Monroe Correctional Complex inmate was charged Friday with custodial assault and unlawful imprisonment in connection with a February attack on a counselor at the prison.
Date: 09/30/2011 | Local News
Federal prison guards' misconduct up sharply
WASHINGTON -- Arrests of federal prison guards soared nearly 90 percent over the last decade, possibly because of poor hiring practices during a 25 percent spike in prison growth, the Department of Justice's Inspector General reported.
Date: 09/30/2011 | Nation & World
Prison guard held on 92 counts of physical and sexual abuse
A suspended correctional officer from Pittsburgh's state prison was arrested Tuesday and charged with 92 criminal counts alleging that he sexually and physically abused more than 20 inmates under his control.
Date: 09/28/2011 | Nation & World
Rapist, suspect in 1995 cold cases will remain behind bars for now
SEATTLE -- A convicted rapist suspected in the 1995 slayings of two Snohomish County women will be locked up at least until mid-2012 while the courts determine whether he should be deemed a sexually violent predator.
Date: 09/23/2011 | Local News
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