The Stranger

ACLU Sues Washington DOC for Confining Trans Woman to Men’s Prison

The ACLU of Washington is suing the Washington Department of Corrections, alleging it violated a transgender woman’s constitutional rights under state law by forcibly transferring her from a women’s ...
komonews

Washington prisons end solitary confinement as a punishment

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Department of Corrections is no longer using solitary confinement as a punishment in state facilities. Over the course of a year, DOC reviewed data on ...
OPB

Washington prisons delayed nearly a third of all inmate release dates last year, costing taxpayers millions

Elaine Thompson / AP In the summer of 2019, Antonio Castillo hitchhiked the last leg of his 280-mile return from the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton to his grandmother’s home in Okanogan ...
Morningstar

Unite Us Partners with Washington State Department of Corrections to Launch Resource Network for Reentry Support and Recidivism Reduction | Morningstar

The Washington State DOC will leverage Unite Us’ closed-loop referral system, facilitating seamless connections to vital resources, promoting self-sufficiency, and fostering positive outcomes while ...