Monroe Correctional Complex

SEATTLE (AP) — A former prison guard was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison for smuggling contraband into the Monroe Correctional Complex. U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes says Michael Bowden of Everett pleaded guilty in January to extortion...

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state prison guard has been arrested on allegations that he accepted bribes for smuggling contraband into the Monroe Correctional Complex. KOMO-TV reports that the 31-year-old Everett man is expected to appear in court Thursday on federal charges of extortion and attempted distribution of methamphetamine...

MONROE, Wash. (AP) — State officials say two corrections officers were assaulted by a prison inmate and taken to a local hospital for treatment. Washington Department of Corrections officials said in a news release the officers were assaulted by 32-year-old James Suber Tuesday morning after his cell was searched at the Monroe Correctional Complex-Washington State Reformatory Unit...