Corrections for Nov. 13

Similar stories:

• State lawmaker targets uniforms made by prisoners

  State lawmaker targets uniforms made by prisoners

  State prison officers should not have to wear uniforms made by the inmates they guard.

  State Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, along with 10 other Republicans and 19 Democrats, is sponsoring a bill to allow private companies to sell uniforms to correctional officers.

  Washington law currently requires the Department of Corrections to buy uniforms from Correctional Industries, a program which employs 1,600 offender-workers at 16 state prison facilities.

• Corrections officers closer to being able to buy own uniforms

  Corrections officers closer to being able to buy own uniforms

  Walla Walla Correctional Officer John T. Christy does not carry a gun.

  Like all correctional officers, he has a set of steel handcuffs, several plastic zip-tie cuffs and a radio. But officers need another important tool to gain respect from inmates, Christy said.

  A good uniform.

• Wash. remembers slain corrections officer

  Wash. remembers slain corrections officer

  Washington's Department of Corrections is remembering slain officer Jayme Biendl on the anniversary of her death.

• Prison officer accused of Tacoma domestic violence

  Prison officer accused of Tacoma domestic violence

  A state Department of Corrections spokesman says a Shelton prison officer accused of domestic violence in Tacoma won't be allowed back at the Corrections Center until his case is resolved.

• New Secretary Bernie Warner reshuffles leadership of Corrections Department

  New Secretary Bernie Warner reshuffles leadership of Corrections Department

  Corrections Secretary Bernie Warner has reorganized the top jobs in his agency, and promoted Dan Pacholke to prisons director.