An exceptionally bizarre story of amnesia emerged from the state penitentiary at Walla Walla, concerning a Spokane inmate. Joe Straghan, a former Spokane Boy Scout scoutmaster, was serving a term at ...

Gary Ridgway, one of the country’s most notorious serial killers, is reportedly dying in a Washington prison. Ridgway, known ...

From 1975: About 200 inmates staged a protest at the state penitentiary on Walla Walla after a woman visitor was strip-searched. The prisoners “milled around the prison yard” for over two hours, but ...

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, was transferred back to the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla Friday evening. Ridgway is currently serving 49 life ...

Three people in Walla Walla were arrested on Monday after allegedly attempting to bring drugs into the Washington State Penitentiary, according to the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC).

WALLA WALLA — A former corrections officer at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after she pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges, ...

An Ephrata man accused of fatally stabbing a 73-year-old Walla Walla man in September is scheduled to stand trial on Monday, March 2.

MONROE -- The Monroe Correctional Complex, with 2,355 inmates, has passed the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla as having the largest number of inmates. Walla Walla has about 2,130 inmates.

Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer and one of America’s most prolific convicted serial killers, is receiving end-of-life ...

WALLA WALLA -- Thirty prisoners fought each other at the Washington state Penitentiary's new West Complex for gang members. The prison says the 23 who fought Wednesday and seven who were indirectly ...