Washington Department of Corrections

Former DOC Communications Director Fined For Ethics Violations

Patricia Murphy — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:28:11 +0000

A state ethics board has fined the former state Department of Corrections communications director for violations. The board determined that Belinda Stewart used state time and resources to run corrections oriented nonprofits.

Corrections Officers Say Prisons Still Unsafe Two Years After Biendl Death

Patricia Murphy — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:46:11 +0000

Runners in a 5K race will wind through the grounds of the Monroe Correctional Complex on Sunday to remember Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl. Tuesday will mark the two years since Biendl was found strangled in the chapel at the prison.

Washington Leads Nation As Net Importer Of Out-Of-State Parolees

Austin Jenkins — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:59:05 +0000

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend 2009. Maurice Clemmons, an Arkansas felon living in Washington, walks into a coffee shop and guns down four Lakewood police officers. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer described the scene as "more of an execution.”

The killings turned a spotlight on a little known agreement between all 50 states to keep tabs on each other’s parolees when they move across state lines.