{"id":793,"date":"2025-01-22T09:07:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/wrjn\/?page_id=793"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:59:50","slug":"asotin-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/wrjn\/washington-state-jail-trends\/asotin-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Asotin County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/wrjn\/documents\/2026\/03\/asotin-county-poster.pdf\">Download Asotin County Poster (.pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"1188\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2025\/01\/Asotin_20_22-1-792x1188.png\" alt=\"Pdf of the Asotin County Findings\" class=\"wp-image-795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2025\/01\/Asotin_20_22-1-792x1188.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2025\/01\/Asotin_20_22-1-396x594.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2025\/01\/Asotin_20_22-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2025\/01\/Asotin_20_22-1-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2025\/01\/Asotin_20_22-1-990x1485.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2567\/2025\/01\/Asotin_20_22-1-1188x1782.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__36599\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Findings for Asotin County, Washington Poster<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__36599\">\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\">Asotin County Spotlight 2020-22<\/h3>\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>One in four jail admissions were for no contact violations (20%) or assault (4%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One in ten bookings were for DUI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">One in four people were booked for &#8220;failure to appear&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Failure to appear, 26%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Contact Violation, 20%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 11%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Comply, 9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assault, 4%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asotin County Jail Admissions, 2020-22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Admissions ranged from 30 to 120 per month<\/p>\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>Drugs, 3%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 17%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assault, 5%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Contact Violation, 24%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Comply, 4%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Appear, 15%<\/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>Drugs, 1%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 3%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assault, 3%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Contact Violation, 10%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Comply, 14%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Appear, 40%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\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 days spent in jail by charge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Average (all offenses), 13<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assault, 25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Comply, 21<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drugs, 16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Appear, 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Contact Violation, 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 2<\/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), 53%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assault, 41%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Comply, 30%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drugs, 34%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to Appear, 62%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Contact Order, 47%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DUI, 84%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of those booked for failure to appear, 62% were released within 24 hours. 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