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A maintenance worker on the job in the courtyard of a correctional facility
Opinion

Releasing 1,100 WA inmates with no support is a bad plan

With coronavirus already straining vital post-prison services, former inmates will have few places to turn for help.

by
  • Hannah Myrick
/ April 23, 2020
Antonette Blythe sits on her door stoop
News

Advocates seek early release for incarcerated youth amid COVID-19

A mother wasn't informed that her son's juvenile facility had a confirmed case. She wants transparency — and her child out.

by
  • Emily McCarty
/ April 23, 2020
Parents show chickens to children in a backyard
News

Birth parents fight to visit kids in foster system during pandemic

Seeing their children in person may put parents, as well as foster families and social workers, at risk, but can the state stop them?

by
  • Rachel Nielsen
InvestigateWest
/ April 22, 2020 /
Updated on Friday, April 24 at 5:30 p.m.
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News

Decriminalization of drug possession could be on WA November ballot

The ACLU of Washington calls its proposed initiative a "public health issue." But coronavirus complicates its path to the ballot.

by
  • David Kroman
/ April 21, 2020
a solitary man walks across a crosswalk
Opinion

‘Weeks where decades happen’: Seattle has been a ghost town before

From the General Strike of 1919 to the dot-com recession, the city is no stranger to empty streets.

by
  • Shaun Scott
/ April 16, 2020
Knute Berger at the Lewis County Historical Museum
Culture

Mossback’s Northwest: Tragedy and terror in 1919 Centralia

The deadly Centralia Tragedy saw conflict between the Wobblies and the American Legion — and left behind a debated legacy.

by
  • Knute Berger &
  • Stephen Hegg
/ April 10, 2020
deputy in prison
Opinion

With COVID-19 looming, King County jail inmates feel exposed and unsafe

Inmates, ruled by the same fears as outside, aren't provided information and resources to protect themselves.

by
  • Safa Peera
/ April 6, 2020
Dailin Rojas on a balcony
Equity

Coronavirus compounds fears for an ICE detainee and her family

Immigration advocates are pushing for the release of a detainee with serious health concerns at the ICE facility in Tacoma.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ March 31, 2020
View of the ICE detention center in Tacoma
Politics

After brief coronavirus closure, Seattle immigration court reopens to backlash

Judges, advocates and even ICE prosecutors all say the coronavirus puts staff and others in harm’s way. The feds have reopened immigration courts anyway.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ March 30, 2020
Opinion

Washington state's other epidemic: Mass incarceration

When it comes to life without parole sentences, the state is a global outlier.

by
  • Marcus Harrison Green
/ March 23, 2020
News

Coronavirus has jail lawyers worried about safety — for clients and themselves

Defense attorneys want judges to release more inmates, as a King County guard tests positive for COVID-19.

by
  • David Kroman
/ March 18, 2020 /
Updated 4:55 p.m., Mar. 18, 2020
Equity

Coronavirus outbreak prompts call for ICE to release at-risk detainees

The suit, filed by the ACLU and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, calls for the immediate release of detainees in Tacoma.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ March 16, 2020 /
Updated Monday, March 16 at 3:35 p.m.
State troopers with hands up at a swearing in ceremony
Politics

WA commits $50K to investigate bias in State Patrol stops

Decision comes in the wake of revelations that Washington State Patrol troopers search people of color at far higher rates than whites.

by
  • Jason Buch
InvestigateWest
/ March 16, 2020
solitary confinement jail cell
News

‘Nothing short of torture’: WA to restrict youth solitary confinement

The state Attorney General's Office, a key supporter of the legislation, argued that young people need a chance at rehabilitation.

by
  • Shauna Sowersby
/ March 12, 2020
A woman stands next to her truck along a snowy road with her hand outstretched
Politics

Racial bias study for WA State Patrol could resume after 13 years

House budget has $50,000 to fund a collaboration between State Patrol and WSU to analyze traffic stops for evidence of bias.

by
  • Jason Buch
InvestigateWest
/ March 6, 2020
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