Oregon prosecutors said she didn’t protect her baby. She says she was surviving abuse.
Even in states like Oregon without an explicit “failure to protect” law, abused mothers can face prison time
Oregon prosecutors said she didn’t protect her baby. She says she was surviving abuse.
Even in states like Oregon without an explicit “failure to protect” law, abused mothers can face prison time
A girl caught in a custody battle said she was raped. The court-appointed investigator didn’t believe her.
Though a Washington state judge said a guardian ad litem failed to do her job, by then, the child’s mother says, the damage had already been done.
Overflowing Idaho prisons are sending women with good behavior to ‘the hole’
Incarceration rates are rising, and inmates say they’re being punished for the state’s failures to manage prison capacity
An Everett teacher resigned over a relationship with a student. Shoreline Community College hired him months later.
Loopholes and failed investigations allowed a former Henry M. Jackson High School teacher to skirt accountability
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An Everett teacher resigned over a relationship with a student. Shoreline Community College hired him months later.
Loopholes and failed investigations allowed a former Henry M. Jackson High School teacher to skirt accountability
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