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
Washington’s troubled foster care program struggles to keep foster parents
High turnover among unhappy foster parents is putting more stress on an already strained system and hindering the state’s ability to care for its most vulnerable children.
Four ways to fix Washington's foster care system
Four potential fixes for Washington's overburdened foster care system, including an unconventional suggestion by a foster youth who became a foster parent.
Foster system sets up kids for academic failure
Washington's shortage of foster parents to care for abused and neglected kids is so overburdened that kids who are shuffled among hotels and emergency placements often miss school, further compromising their chances to become successful adults.