Jury finds Oregon mother deprived infant daughter of lifesaving care, protection from abuse
Conviction shows how Oregon law holds parents to the same standards as those in states that explicitly criminalize failure to protect children from abuse
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Jury finds Oregon mother deprived infant daughter of lifesaving care, protection from abuse
Conviction shows how Oregon law holds parents to the same standards as those in states that explicitly criminalize failure to protect children from abuse
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
Idaho Legislature passes bill to expand prison sex abuse law
The bill, inspired by InvestigateWest reporting, was signed into law by Gov. Brad Little
Washington courts rarely discipline guardians ad litem accused of misconduct in custody cases
Minimal oversight of court investigators makes it difficult for parents to challenge flawed reports without risking damage to their cases
Idaho lawmakers order investigation of sexual assault in women’s prisons
The independent probe will look into “systemic failures” detailed in InvestigateWest series
Idaho lawmakers move to close gap in prison sex abuse law
The proposal would expand the definition of illegal sexual contact between prison staff and an inmate to include kissing, groping
Bill to establish statewide oversight of jails in Washington dies in Legislature
Washington is one of 12 states without enforceable state standards or oversight — that won’t change in 2026
Idaho records exposed officer misconduct. Then the state decided to conceal them.
State agencies will no longer release information about whether an officer retired, resigned or was fired
Two Colville women were booked into a rural Washington jail. It became a death sentence
Critics say WA jails are letting opioid users suffer from withdrawals, leading to preventable deaths