Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Editorial: DOC chief ruins career, credibility with affair

  July 7, 2011 in Opinion on Page A13 Eldon Vail spent three decades building a solid reputation as a respected, forward-thinking administrator at the Washington State Department of Corrections, and then chose to undermine his good works by … 1

• Washington prison chief resigns

  July 1, 2011 in Region OLYMPIA, Wash. — The head of Washington’s corrections department abruptly resigned from his post Friday for what the governor’s office simply described as “personal reasons.” 4

• Don’t release ‘worst of the worst,’ prison officials beg

  April 29, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A legislative proposal to release some inmates a few months early as a budget-saving measure is a bad idea, Washington prison officials warned Thursday. The state already ordered … 1

• Gregoire speaks at prison guard memorial

    February 8, 2011 in News, Region Corrections officer Jayme Biendl was remembered Tuesday as a courageous and caring woman who loved her job, her co-workers and her family. Gov. Chris Gregoire, speaking at a nearly two-hour … 1

• Gregoire calls for review of prison guard murder

  January 31, 2011 in News OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire has called for an independent review of the murder of Monroe Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl, who was found strangled Sunday in the prison chapel. 7

• Airway Heights prison to lose about 45 jobs

  November 11, 2010 in City on Page A7 Cuts at Washington state prisons will eliminate about 45 jobs at Airway Heights Corrections Center and could cancel a rehabilitative program designed to prepare inmates for re-entry to society. “It’s … 5