The Washington Department of Corrections is taking the action to release people early as a way to provide more physical distancing within the state's correctional facilities.
OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington state's corrections department has been shuttling prisoners back to the state on airplanes routinely used by Gov. Jay Inslee. The King Air trips have cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
The News Tribune reported Sunday that records show the state used its two State Patrol planes nine times to transport 14 inmates from January 2013 to September 2016...