Washington

Witnessing death, suicide or suicide attempts also stresses the jail's population of COs – a group already dealing with severe understaffing

The man alleges he was seen by multiple medical and mental health providers who failed to notice his decomposing leg

Eric Christian is scheduled to be sentenced for smuggling contraband and allowing or encouraging fights between inmates

The legislation is the latest step by members of Congress to further oversight of the federal prison system

"The pandemic has likely contributed to the rise in cases," the state's chief science officer said

Sgt. Gentry Thorpe's passion for precision target shooting has turned out to be some of the best medicine

The settlement comes less than a year after WADOC agreed to pay $3.25M, and admitted negligence, in the death of another inmate due to improper medical care

“Plaintiff may be a disruptive and volatile inmate, but his behavioral issues do not excuse or permit the violation of his due process rights,” the judge said

The corrections guild president says officers are so exhausted from mandatory OT that they're sleeping in empty cells between shifts

"We've got so much movement up and down the hallways — we need to stop that movement and get ahead of this," said veteran CO Dennis Folk

"It's imperative we keep it," said Lieutenant Don Hooper. "It has helped our turnout numbers greatly"

DOC screeners cited numerous assaults on previous cellmates in their recommendation to house James Boyd alone; officials overturned it without explanation