But when Monroe’s IMU starts taking inmates Jan. 8, it will be the largest, according to the Corrections Department. The prison already has 80 inmates in the new solitary confinement wing.

Authorities in Washington state responded late Wednesday to reports that hundreds of inmates at the Monroe Correctional Facility threatened to start fires and take correctional officers hostage ...

Nearly 200 prisoners were involved in a conflict that broke out in Washington state’s Monroe Correctional Complex Wednesday night, the Washington State Patrol said.

SEATTLE — The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) said more than 100 people contracted COVID-19 at a facility in Monroe.

Monroe and Stafford Creek Corrections Center topped the ombuds’ list of the most frequent sources of complaints in 2020, both in total and per 100 incarcerated individuals, the annual report said.

MONROE — So much is familiar; so much is different. The granite steps leading up to the front door of the century-old Washington State Reformatory are still steep. The tall columns still look ...

The Washington State Department of Corrections said 65-year-old Berisford Anthony Morse died on Sunday from the coronavirus.

M ore than 100 inmates at a Washington state prison facility in Monroe, Wash. staged a protest Wednesday, the same day officials announced that six prisoners had tested positive for COVID-19 ...