Washington becomes first state to make national suicide hotline available in prisons

Prisoners in Washington can now dial 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline from phones and tablets inside all state prison facilities. The Washington Department of Corrections said Monday that ...
KHQ

Washington state prisons allow suicide hotline access for people in custody

WASHINGTON STATE — People incarcerated in prison facilities across the state can now call 988 from prison phones and tablets.
WMAZ

'The system is broken' | Former Georgia inmates call for reform after deadly Washington State prison riot

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two days after a deadly riot at Washington State Prison left three men dead and more than a dozen injured, two former Georgia inmates say the violence was not an isolated ...
Yakima Herald

People in Washington prisons get access to 988 mental health crisis hotline

Hotline counselors are trained to contact prisons and get immediate support for incarcerated callers who are at an imminent ...
WLKY

3 inmates dead, corrections officer and others injured in Georgia prison fight, police say

Three inmates were killed and a corrections officer and several other inmates were injured when a fight broke out Sunday at a state prison in Georgia, according to local police.The fight that started ...