In the center of McNeil Island sits the Special Commitment Center, where the state detains people indefinitely who have a history of sexual violence and are deemed likely to reoffend. Greg Gilbert ...

Washington has been releasing an increasing number of "sexually violent predators" from its treatment facility on McNeil Island, with little oversight. A Seattle Times investigation found that 1 ...

Washington’s McNeil Island prison preceded California’s Alcatraz Island — and long outlasted it. McNeil even held some of the same notorious prisoners, including Charles Manson and Robert ...

OLYMPIA, Wash., March 1 (UPI) -- The prison on McNeil Island in Puget Sound is closing down, ending a 135-year history that began when Washington was still a territory. The state is mothballing ...

But generally speaking, throughout McNeil Island’s 135-year history – including the years since 1981, when it’s been run by Washington state – the prison has maintained a kinder, ...

As the population of sex offenders committed to the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island is aging, the state has seen increased medical appointments and the costs associated with them. There ...

Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Washington’s abandoned McNeil Island prison closed in 2011 — could it return to federal control? The News Tribune asked.

A former employee of Washington state’s Special Commitment Center for dangerous sex offenders on McNeil Island is suing the government agency that runs it, alleging that it failed to protect her ...

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