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.
Incarceration rates are rising, and inmates say they’re being punished for the state’s failures to manage prison capacity
Loopholes and failed investigations allowed a former Henry M. Jackson High School teacher to skirt accountability
Updated, a link to the wrong report was posted previously.
King County mishandled at least hundreds of thousands in federal money from a justice department block grant program, according to a recent report from the Washington State Auditor.
The county, Washington state's most populous, misspent close to $400,000 of federal money and failed to meet numerous program requirements -- inlcuding that the money be used for new spending rather than be used to offset budget cuts:
The county disputed some conclusions but agreed that the money had been misspent, but said it would seek retroactive approval from the Department of Justice.
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