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  Justice system changes brought results

  January 3, 2012 in City on Page A5 Today, Judge Maryann Moreno steps down from the role of presiding judge in Spokane County Superior Court after overseeing dramatic changes – and improved results – in how local officials … 2

• Valley police make arrest in string of car prowls

  September 23, 2011 Spokane Valley police arrested a man today in connection with a string of car prowls targeting Fords. 2

• Murder suspect’s jailhouse death a mystery to friends, family

  September 15, 2011 in News, City Friends and family say they are baffled by the death of a former Marine and accused killer found dead at the Spokane County Jail last weekend. Tristen Nebrae Jordan, 25, … 1

• Postcard-only policy at jail ends

  August 5, 2011 in City A postcards-only policy for mail to Spokane County jail inmates has been lifted. Envelopes are OK again. Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said the change took effect this week when a federal … 4

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  Inmate hopes for freedom, new relationship with son

  July 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 A man who has spent more than three years in prison for a murder he maintains he didn’t commit suddenly has hope he might be released and reunited with his … 9

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  State’s foster care system discharges ill-equipped young adults

  July 17, 2011 in City on Page A1 On his 18th birthday, a boy with a history of behavioral health problems was turned out of the Spokane group home where he had spent the previous two and a … 21

• Sheriff, coalition discuss jail issues, reoffenders

  June 16, 2011 in City on Page A8 Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and members of the No New Jail Coalition found a few points of agreement Wednesday. They appeared together at a meeting of the Spokane chapter of Washington …

• Population surges at Spokane County Jail

  May 31, 2011 in City The three-day holiday weekend has brought so many inmates to the Spokane County Jail that some misdemeanor suspects are being released after booking. 19

• State inmates evicted in a rift over county rate

  May 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 The Spokane County Jail will quit housing state prisoners next month in a dispute over payment. State officials refuse to pay the new $125-a-day rate the county charges Spokane and … 19

• State prisoners being evicted from county jail

  May 22, 2011 in News, City The Spokane County Jail will quit housing state prisoners next month in a dispute over payment. State officials refuse to pay the new $125-a-day rate the county charges Spokane and … 8

• Man pleads not guilty to murder, kidnapping

  May 19, 2011 in City on Page A6 After his arrest on suspicion of murder last month, Taylor J. Wolf called the girlfriend of a ranking Hells Angels member, police say, and told her he and suspect Justice … 1

• Jail overdose traced back to inmate’s pills

  May 14, 2011 in City on Page B2 A convicted killer who committed suicide at the Spokane County Jail did so using pills prescribed to another inmate. Now detectives are investigating whether the pill provider could be at … 1

• Man charged with assaulting ex with butcher knife

  April 30, 2011 in News, City A was charged with assault after allegedly holding a butcher knife to his ex-girlfriend while strangling her early this morning. 1

• Speakers: Bigger jail may not be needed

  April 29, 2011 in City on Page A11 A Seattle University law professor told Spokane’s Rotary Club 21 on Thursday that Spokane County’s new jail needs to be only as big as its legal policies. Robert Boruchowitz told … 5

• Spokane man clings to life after being shot

  March 5, 2011 A Spokane man is on life support at a Spokane hospital after being shot in the head early Saturday morning. 1

• Murder suspect returns to Spokane after stay at Harborview

  January 6, 2011 in News, City A Spokane man suspected of the Dec. 12 shooting death of his 20-year-old girlfriend was transported back to Spokane Thursday after undergoing treatment at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for …

• Escaped inmate arrested

  December 11, 2010 in City on Page B2 A jail inmate who escaped from a work crew was arrested Thursday in the South Perry neighborhood. Jason W. Breedlove, 37, was allowed out of Geiger Corrections Center with a …

• Renter arrested after police find escapee in home

  December 10, 2010 in City A jail inmate who escaped from work crew was arrested Thursday in the South Perry Neighborhood.

• Jail deputy injured in fight with inmate

  December 3, 2010 in City on Page A8 A Spokane County Jail deputy fractured his hand during a scuffle with an inmate last month.

• Inmate walks away from snow work crew

  December 1, 2010 in City A Geiger Corrections Center inmate who was recently ordered to return to a more secure facility escaped this morning after he was allowed to clean up snow with a work … 3

• Inmate charged with flooding jail

  November 30, 2010 in City on Page A7 An Ellensburg man in federal prison for a gun conviction has been charged with flooding the Spokane County Jail last summer. William Dean Bacon, 41, is accused of stuffing jumpsuits, …

• Federal convict charged in August jail flooding

  November 29, 2010 in City An Ellensburg man in federal prison for a gun conviction has been charged with flooding the Spokane County Jail last summer. 5

• Jail elevator incidents draw scrutiny

  November 17, 2010 in City on Page A7 A criminal investigation is under way to determine who may have caused an elevator shutdown that injured a Spokane County Jail deputy. Evidence indicates someone pushed an emergency stop button … 1

• Investigation looks into jail elevator accident

  November 16, 2010 in City A criminal investigation is under way to determine who may have caused an elevator shutdown that injured a Spokane County Jail deputy. Evidence indicates someone pushed an emergency stop button …

• Man sentenced for role in slaying

  November 10, 2010 in City on Page A8 An accomplice to the murder of a state witness in 2008 was sentenced this week to just over two years in prison.

• Elevator mishap injures deputy

  October 26, 2010 in City on Page A7 A corrections deputy suffered minor injuries when an elevator at the Spokane County Jail malfunctioned. 3

• Jail inmate claims he was tortured

  October 22, 2010 in City on Page A6 A Spokane County Jail inmate claims in a federal lawsuit that he was beaten without warning by a cell extraction team and later tortured with blows to his genitals. One … 10

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  ‘Graphic’ attack likely leaves inmate blind

  October 14, 2010 in City on Page A1 A violent inmate who tortured and killed his cellmate at the Spokane County Jail six years ago, resulting in a $180,000 settlement by the county, is accused of gouging out … 15

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  Cyndi Steele alleges conspiracy

  September 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 The wife of a North Idaho lawyer accused of plotting her murder said federal agents knew a pipe bomb was attached to her car before it was discovered at a … 6

• Killer found dead in Spokane County Jail cell

  September 21, 2010 in City on Page A5 A man sentenced to life in prison last week for murdering one of his accusers in a 2007 assault case was found dead in the Spokane County Jail early Monday. … 5

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