public Criminal Legal • 18 min read Behind the scenes of the policing roundtable breakdown Advocates wanted reform, city leaders wanted to foster relationships. Both sides left frustrated. Here’s how it broke down and…
public Criminal Legal • 6 min read Spokane County blocked ballot access for eligible voters in jail 74% of Spokane’s November jail population — Nearly 600 people — was pre-trial, had not been convicted, and was still eligible…
public Criminal Legal • 4 min read ‘Desolate Country’: Abusive priests clustered at mission schools New mapping project supports claims that abusers were sent to tribal communities By Mary Annette Pember, ICT News WARNING: This…
public Camp Hope • 3 min read City official accused Jewels Helping Hands of criminal activity, but provided no information to state agencies “The long and short of it is, none of the information has been substantiated.” According to multiple sources present at…
public Criminal Legal • 5 min read How Washington state law lets clergy hide child sexual abuse Clergy in the state have no obligation to report child abuse By Wilson Criscione, InvestigateWest Nearly 20 years ago, in…
public News • 8 min read Spokane’s Domestic Violence Unit cut to make way for Violent Crimes Task Force Victim advocates fear the impacts of short-staffing the previously effective unit. When police officers in Spokane respond to domestic violence…
public Podcast • 2 min read Don’t Got the Beat Newsrooms often give one of the most emotionally demanding and delicate jobs in journalism – the crime beat – to our least…
public Podcast • 3 min read Injustice by Geography In Washington, whether or not you get access to pretrial services, which often requires home monitoring, drug testing and other costly things, largely depends on the jurisdiction you’re in.…
public Criminal Legal • 12 min read Justice by Geography Where You Live In Washington May Determine Whether You Get Stuck In Jail Before Trial…
public Analysis • 9 min read Lesley, Nope. Which has been worse for people of color in Spokane County, Lesley Haskell's words, or Larry Haskell's actions?…
public Features • 7 min read Open Wounds The Case of Maddesyn George and the Legal Legacies of Colonialism…
public Podcast • 1 min read Missing but not forgotten Jenny Slagle on giving voice to and seeking justice for missing and murdered indigenous people…