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| Questions linger in prison killing |
| By heraldnet.com - Scott North |
| Published: 08/05/2011 |
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It was only hours after the Jan. 29 slaying of Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl before theories began to swirl about the reasons an inmate was able to end her life. Some blamed staffing cuts at the Corrections Department -- even though there had been no change in the number of officers who worked with Biendl at the state's largest prison complex. Others suggested more video cameras could have, should have, been in place; never mind that electronic eyes already were monitoring nearly every part the prison, including much of the chapel building where she was killed. Still others claimed the Washington State Reformatory had become ultra violent. Somebody, they asserted, must be juking the stats to produce figures documenting sharp declines in prison assaults there in recent years. What to believe? Results of three separate investigations into Biendl's death now have become public. Each concluded that weaknesses in policy and procedure -- a collective lowering of the guard -- figured prominently in the tragedy. Read More. |
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