KUOW Newsroom Report finds faults in the coronavirus response at a Central WA prison A recent independent report found that key medical figures were either absent or sidelined when it came to managing a Covid-19 outbreak at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Central Washington.
Virginia Governor Suspends Policy Allowing Strip Searches Of Children At Prisons An 8-year-old girl was strip searched at Buckingham Correctional Center last month. A prison spokesperson says the prison staffer who approved the search didn't have the authority to do so.
Locking up mentally ill, drug addicted people results in jail deaths, new report says The practice of locking up people who are chronically sick, mentally ill or drug addicted in under-resourced city, county and regional jails in...
'What are we gonna do?' More than 1,000 Seattle students exposed to HIV, hepatitis Health officials urge students to get tested after they were accidentally exposed to blood-borne pathogens through dental clinics based in 12 Puget Sound schools.
This non-profit wants tree-owners to share their fruit There are thousands of fruit trees in Seattle bursting with fruit that end may end up in waste.
