What happens after a convicted sex offender finishes their prison sentence in Washington State? In some cases, they are sent ...

Today, many of the people at the facility on McNeil have developmental or other disabilities. They’re supposed to be receiving sex offender treatment. Some lack the ability to understand that ...

The Seattle Times' newest investigation into McNeil Island was featured this week on KUOW’s noontime program "Soundside." ...

Washington State officials say strict safeguards are in place for sex offenders released into transition facilitiesbut ...

The Yakima City Council passed a six-month moratorium on halfway houses and secure transition facilities Tuesday as the state ...

For over three years, The Seattle Times has been investigating the Department of Social and Health Services’ Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island. It is one of the most isolated and unexamined ...

Mitchell Gaff has pleaded guilty to the 1980 and 1984 murders of two mothers in Everett, Washington. He described the crimes ...

Mitchell Gaff, a convicted serial rapist, now stands charged with two gruesome murders after DNA collected from his gum matched old crime scenes.

President Donald Trump wants to reopen San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison and is requesting $152 million in funding from Congress to begin the project, according to a ...

HILO, Hawaii (Island News) -- A 45-year-old Puna man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for sexually assaulting a minor coached in Muay Thai between 2019 and 2022. Bryan Flores, 45, of ...

A 39-year-old man died while in custody at the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island Wednesday morning, marking the troubled prison island’s first fatality of 2026. A Department of Correction ...