A Tri-City resident and former Benton County Corrections Officer will spend four years in Federal prison for his role in a smuggling operation that allowed phones, drugs, and other items to be brought into the Benton County jail.
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An inmate currently serving his term at the Chelan County Regional Jail is being charged with additional charges after inappropriately chatting with a minor while in jail.
(Kennewick, WA) -- They're calling it an outbreak. The Benton County Jail says right now they've got 97 inmates testing positive for Coronavirus, all seem to have mild symptoms. Another 91 are in quarantine after being exposed. 24 guards have tested positive, and out of those, all but 6 have returned
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(King County, WA) -- The leader of the union representing King County corrections workers is calling for a two-week quarantined shutdown of the county's jails due to surging COVID-19 case numbers. Guild president Dennis Folk issued a letter to the Department for Adult and Juvenile Detention Thursday urging them to shut down jail operations for two weeks--stressing that the county has a fundamenta