Autopsies offer the best chance at flagging whether mistreatment contributed to an incarcerated person’s death. But state officials often skip them.

At 16, Moses Mutel was drifting into crime. His time at Washington's toughest youth prison did little to turn things around.

Jimmy Trammell was killed in a prison riot just three days before his scheduled release after ten years. A gang-related sidewalk fight left three inmates dead, 13 hospitalized, and forced an emergency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Dozens of Democratic lawmakers in the Washington Legislature have pushed in recent ...

Autopsies offer the best chance at flagging whether mistreatment contributed to an incarcerated person’s death. But state officials often skip them.

Katie Kuhnhausen scrolled frantically. Seated in a parked car while her son’s soccer team practiced under the receding spring sun, she scoured the Washington Department of Corrections website for ...

Katie Kuhnhausen scrolled frantically. Seated in a parked car while her son’s soccer team practiced under the receding spring sun, she scoured the Washington Department of Corrections website for ...

Jimmy Trammell was killed in a prison riot just three days before his scheduled release after ten years. A gang-related sidewalk fight left three inmates dead, 13 hospitalized, and forced an emergency ...

Katie Kuhnhausen scrolled frantically. Seated in a parked car while her son’s soccer team practiced under the receding spring sun, she scoured the Washington Department of Corrections website for ...