It highlights King County Executive Dow Constantine’s urgent request for a new facility that prioritizes efficiency, safety and the treatment of behavioral health issues. One of the major ...

King County inmates most vulnerable to COVID-19 ... Medical Director for Public Health’s Jail Health Services Division. Solitary confinement is more conducive to “social distancing and ...

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 ...

Its physical layout does not lend itself to behavioral health and other care. We must reimagine King County's downtown Seattle campus in light of the realities of today and the old jail must at ...

alleging state officials have failed to provide timely mental health services to people in jail. This is the first time King County officials have intervened in this way. They’re also asking ...

Prior to the weekend outbreak, King County had confirmed 47 cases of COVID-19. Going forward, the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention and Jail Health Services are working in the following ...

Linda Drummond remembers the pain she felt withdrawing from heroin addiction while in jail more than 10 years ago. The symptoms — bloody nose, diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness, sleeplessness ...

The regional jail serving seven cities in south King County is being recognized by Disability ... "By working with them, we have really looked at mental health issue through a different lens." ...

The place feels, unsurprisingly, like a jail—which is just one of many hurdles that King County, and its future ... Last week, staffers from the county’s Community and Health Services department took ...