{"id":244,"date":"2022-06-07T13:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/wrjn\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:59:03","slug":"washington-state-jail-trends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/wrjn\/washington-state-jail-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural WA Jail Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/wrjn\/documents\/2026\/03\/wrjn-overall-findings.pdf\">Download Overall Findings Poster (.pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"1224\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2022\/08\/WRJN-Overall-Findings-1-1-792x1224.png\" alt=\"Pdf of the overall findings\" class=\"wp-image-523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2022\/08\/WRJN-Overall-Findings-1-1-792x1224.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2022\/08\/WRJN-Overall-Findings-1-1-396x612.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2022\/08\/WRJN-Overall-Findings-1-1-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2022\/08\/WRJN-Overall-Findings-1-1-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2022\/08\/WRJN-Overall-Findings-1-1-1325x2048.png 1325w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2022\/08\/WRJN-Overall-Findings-1-1-990x1530.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2022\/08\/WRJN-Overall-Findings-1-1-1188x1836.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__19737\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Overall findings for rural Washington counties poster<\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__19737\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washington Rural Jails Network<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By Jennifer Schwartz, Jennifer Sherman, Clay Mosher, Christian Maynard, Megan Parks, Marisa Cervantes, Sandra Yokley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The project had several goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Gather and analyze administrative jail data from select rural counties in Washington.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build knowledge of specific factors affecting jail population trends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gain perspective of justice-involved people and justice staff via interviews<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share lessons from research and data analysis with local representatives and stakeholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheriff&#8217;s Offices in Ferry, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan, and Whitman counties shared jail data for January 2015 to June 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Facts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Failure to Appear was the dominant driver of pretrial incarceration and jail re-entry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driving with a suspended license was a common mechanism for pretrial jail entry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most assaults (68%) were related to domestic violence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some 7 percent of pretrial jail admissions were drug-related.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One out of 5 people were jailed pretrial for &#8220;failure to appear&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Failure to appear, 21%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assault, 10%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 10%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drugs, 7%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driving with a license suspended, 7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pretrial jail admissions were stable prior to decreases during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rural Context:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rural counties face resource constraints, staffing shortages; limited health, mental health, and substance treatment services; and scant communication, transportation, and legal infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Failure to appear is a significant driver of reentry<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<ul>\n<li>One booking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 16%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DWLS, 10%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Appear, 11%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assaults, 14%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thefts, 4%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drugs, 7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<ul>\n<li>Three or more bookings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 6%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DWLS, 7%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Appear, 32%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assaults, 9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thefts, 2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drugs, 7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Most drug-related pretrial jail admissions involved meth or unknown drug type<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Unknown, 44%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meth, 30%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Average # of pretrial days spent in jail by charge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Average (all offenses), 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drugs, 14<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thefts, 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assaults, 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to appear, 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DWLS, 6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">% of people who spend 24 hours or less in jail pretrial by charge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Average (all offenses), 39%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drugs, 31%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thefts, 37%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assaults, 49%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to appear, 39%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DWLS, 46%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 60%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More than half of individuals booked into jail pretrial for failing to appear stayed longer than a day. 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