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OR: Prisoner Shot at SRCI In early April, a guard at Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI) shot and wounded a prisoner during a fight in the recreation area.
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OR: Homicide at SRCI On May 12, James Ivan Biggs was found dead in his cell at Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario, Oregon. The Malheur County District Attorney reported that the death was a homicide.
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WA: Attempt to Create Prison Ombudsman Fails For the second legislative session in a row, Senator Jim Kastama from Puyallup sponsored a bill, Senate Bill 5295, that would have created the position of Ombudsman for the Washington Department of Corrections.
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WA: Former & Current Prisoners Win Settlement over Lost Property Washington courts awarded a settlement of $1,262,500 to prisoners and former prisoners who lost their personal property when the Department of Corrections moved them to a different prison.
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OR: Chemical Combo Leads to SCI Evacuation Santiam Correctional Institution in Salem was evacuated on February 15 after a chemical smell sent three corrections officers to the hospital. Four hundred fifty prisoners were taken into the prison?s yard.
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OR: Suspicious Death at Oregon State Penitentiary On February 14, a prisoner was found dead in his cell at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. The person?s name and cause of death were not released.
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ID: Bringing Back ID?s Prisoners or More Money for Corporations? Idaho?s Governor and Director of Correction say they have a plan to bring home the over 500 Idahoans in private prisons in other states. They want the legislature to approve more private prisons for Idaho.
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WA: Bill would Stop Out-of-State Transfers of Prisoners with Children House Bill 2688, if passed, would prohibit the transfer of some Washington prisoners to prisons outside of the state.
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WA: AT&T Overcharged on Prison Phone Calls The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission fined AT&T $300,000 in January for overcharging for collect calls made from Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla and Airway Heights Correction Center in Spokane. AT&T must also refund families at a total of $67,295.
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OR: Mysterious Deaths at OSP A prisoner died in Oregon State Penitentiary on the morning of December 3. The Department of Corrections has not yet released the person?s name or the cause of death.
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