King County Jail booking restrictions for misdemeanors have now been lifted because staffing levels are improving. This changes how officers can make arrests in Seattle. Seattle Police officers ...

KING COUNTY, Wash. — Following a four-year halt, the King County jail has resumed booking offenders for low-level and non-violent crimes such as low-value theft, criminal trespass, and public ...

As staffing levels improved in 2024, King County was able to permanently lift misdemeanor booking restrictions for the entire ...

Yesterday, the county announced a new Web site that allows the public and law enforcement to quickly determine whether someone is in custody and look into his or her booking history. County ...

In a 7-2 vote on Tuesday, the King County Council decided to rent 50 jail beds in Des Moines, WA to reduce the population at the understaffed, deadly downtown Seattle jail. But the new, two-year ...

King County jails will lift remaining misdemeanor booking restrictions for all partner law enforcement agencies, starting Feb. 1, thanks to increased staff. Previous restrictions, like daily caps ...

The King County Corrections Guild is asking questions after bookings at the King County Jail were closed overnight Monday. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:04:14 GMT (1751288654199) Story Infinite Scroll ...

Inmates paid Mosses Ramos $5,000 to smuggle 1 pound of methamphetamine and 100 fentanyl pills into the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle. Ramos, 40, of Milton, had been a jail guard for ...

A former King County Jail guard pleaded guilty Thursday, May 30 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to bribery and distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl pills, according to a U.S. Department of ...

Six people, including a King County Jail guard, have been charged with crimes in connection with smuggling meth and fentanyl into the jail. Mosses Ramos, 39, of Milton, Wash., is accused of taking ...

Adopting Pierce County's booking restrictions could help end the crisis in King County's jails, but County Executive Dow Constantine has refused to do so.