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In June 2023, three felons at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla died by suicide while in the state’s custody. Two inmates died after jumping from the third level of the …
In late 2023, information about the deaths of 35-year-old Timothy W. Hemphill, 29-year-old Michael R. Giordano and 23-year-old Everette D. Alonge, was published in reports by the Washington Department of
Three inmates at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla — the state’s largest maximum-security prison — died of suicide this month, all within a six-day timeframe.
Six of those who died between June 2020 and Aug. 2021 were not adequately evaluated after they requested to be seen for symptoms, according to an unreleased state watchdog report.