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| County reaches deal with feds |
| By The Seattle Times |
| Published: 01/06/2009 |
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WASHINGTON - King County corrections officers, trained to restrain inmates by grabbing their hair, must learn more humane techniques under a tentative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. And inmates, who recently received new mattresses as a disease-control measure, will get clean underwear every day — up from the already improved three pairs a week — if the Metropolitan King County Council approves the agreement. County Executive Ron Sims sent the proposed agreement to the council Monday after months of negotiations with federal officials, who alleged in November 2007 that prisoners' civil rights were violated by routine use of excessive force, "life-threatening" deficiencies in medical care and inadequate procedures to prevent suicides. In a letter to the County Council, Sims reiterated his position that inmates' rights were not violated, "but we are in agreement ... that there is room for improvement." The tentative accord focuses on the county's older jail in downtown Seattle, but some improvements also will affect the Regional Justice Center in Kent. The three-year deal would cost the county $2 million this year and $1.7 million in each following year, with much of the money buying and washing inmates' uniforms, underwear, sheets and towels. The cost was figured into the 2009 budget, officials said. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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