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Some people at the jail were not able to meet with psychiatrists for several weeks, leading to delays with getting medications prescribed, a new audit found.
A new audit of King County Jail Health Services revealed that the department had gaps in services, leaving some patients with ...
New King County jail would focus on behavioral health treatments In the report, Constantine identified key features for a new facility, though detailed planning has yet to commence.
A King County spokesperson said that as of Tuesday morning no jail inmates have confirmed cases of COVID-19. One correctional officer at the Seattle jail tested positive and notified the jail on ...
In a five-month period, 65 inmates in the King County Jail have been diagnosed with MRSA, a sometimes-deadly bacterial infection resistant to methicillin and most related antibiotics. Health ...
Medical bungling by health care staff at the King County jail likely contributed to the recent death of an inmate, the U.S. Department of Justice says in a strongly worded report that maintains ...
King County Jail officials knew about the suicide risk posed by the design of the bunk beds in downtown Seattle jail cells for more than a year before 28-year-old Li’ahnna Mathis used one of the ...
Sixteen new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the King County jail in Seattle and those individuals were transferred to medical isolation at the county jail in Kent. The new outbreak came ...
The King County Governing Accountability and Oversight Committee was briefed on the audit on Tuesday, with findings revealing that Jail Health Services treats patients with acute symptoms quickly ...