WA state delays watchdog reports on prisons, concerning advocates

“The individual grieved multiple issues related to his hearing and appeal, which brought to light that his medical documents and appeal request were intentionally altered by unit staff before being submitted to the hearing,” according to the report. “These changes directly impacted his continued involuntary medication.”

But the report detailing Perez’s troubles between 2019 and 2021, as well as other instances of retaliation in the prisons, has never been released to the public. Crosscut obtained a copy through a public records request.

In fact, the state Office of Corrections Ombuds has also shelved – temporarily or permanently – six other reports that had been underway when its inaugural director, Joanna

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