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Ethics Fine
9:28 am
Thu February 28, 2013

Former DOC Communications Director Fined For Ethics Violations

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A state ethics board has fined the former state Department of Corrections communications director for violations. The board determined that Belinda Stewart used state time and resources to run corrections oriented nonprofits.

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Dangerous Jobs
11:46 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Corrections Officers Say Prisons Still Unsafe Two Years After Biendl Death

Credit Courtesy/Karen Boe
Sgt. Boe holds the badge of honor made by his daughter.
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Runners in a 5K race will wind through the grounds of the Monroe Correctional Complex on Sunday to remember Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl. Tuesday will mark the two years since Biendl was found strangled in the chapel at the prison.

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Law
6:59 am
Thu November 29, 2012

Washington Leads Nation As Net Importer Of Out-Of-State Parolees

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Originally published on Thu November 29, 2012 7:51 am

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend 2009. Maurice Clemmons, an Arkansas felon living in Washington, walks into a coffee shop and guns down four Lakewood police officers. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer described the scene as "more of an execution.”

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