Jeannie Darneille is retiring from the Washington state Legislature in order to oversee the state’s women’s prisons, the Tacoma senator announced Tuesday morning. Darneille, a Democrat who was ...

Senator Jeannie Darneille, who represents Washington's 27th legislative district, is stepping down to take an assistant secretary position in the division. DOC Secretary Cheryl Strange made the ...

A bill sponsored by Senator Jeannie Darneille, D-Tacoma ... review system would be similar to the parole board the state used until 1981. She said lawmakers at the time got rid of parole in ...

Washington state's Department of Corrections said ... alleging the corrections officers had misread the x-ray results. Sen. Jeannie Darneille (D-Tacoma) said it was “quite shocking” to hear ...

Jeannie Darneille, D-Tacoma, announced she was ending her 20-plus-year run in the Legislature to take a position with the state Department of Corrections. Darneille — who is chair of the Senate ...