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Prison-to-homelessness pipeline: Clark County’s housing costs push those leaving prison onto the streets, increasing recidivism

January 8, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News

The Washington Department of Corrections rarely releases people directly into homelessness. But that hasn’t halted the prison-to-homelessness pipeline, especially in Clark County where housing costs are high and landlords have… Read story

Vancouver police log from a 100 years ago belies the vision of an ‘idyllic downtown’ without crime

December 31, 2024, 6:18am Clark County News

Vancouver has changed significantly over the past 100 years, and so has crime here. Read story

Officials have issued a warrant for the arrest of Maurice Xavier Haynes, 27, after he was erroneously released from the Clark County Jail after completing a local sentence. He should’ve instead been transported to complete a 15-month prison sentence in Oregon.

Clark County Jail releases inmate who should have gone back to Oregon to serve sentence

Officials have issued a warrant for the arrest of Maurice Xavier Haynes, 27, after he was erroneously released from the Clark County Jail after completing a local sentence. He should’ve instead been transported to complete a 15-month prison sentence in Oregon.

November 4, 2024, 1:33pm Clark County News

Clark County Jail staff erroneously released an inmate after he completed his local sentence when he should’ve instead been transported to Oregon to serve the remainder of a prison sentence there, county officials said Monday. Read story

A for sale sign sits outside a vacant building on Northeast 94th Avenue in Vancouver in August. The building is a potential site for the City of Vancouver's 150-bed bridge shelter.

Clark County won’t help Vancouver pay for homeless shelter

A for sale sign sits outside a vacant building on Northeast 94th Avenue in Vancouver in August. The building is a potential site for the City of Vancouver's 150-bed bridge shelter.

October 25, 2024, 2:29pm Clark County Health

Clark County won’t help Vancouver pay for a 150-bed homelessness shelter after all. Read story

Administrators with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office attend a Clark County Council work session Wednesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. They asked the council to add 40 new deputies to their ranks during a meeting with other local criminal justice officials.

Clark County manager says Vancouver’s Prop. 4 would take millions out of county’s budget

Administrators with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office attend a Clark County Council work session Wednesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. They asked the council to add 40 new deputies to their ranks during a meeting with other local criminal justice officials.

October 24, 2024, 12:21pm Clark County News

Local criminal justice officials sounded the alarm Tuesday at a Clark County Council work session over what the passage of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would add 80 new police officers, could mean for what they say is already a strained system. Read story

Members of the Vancouver Police Department carry a naked man up the beach during a mental health episode that brought paramedics, firefighters and police officers to Wintler Park under an excessive heat warning on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2024.

Clark County Council says Vancouver’s police levy would create more work for the county without paying for it

Members of the Vancouver Police Department carry a naked man up the beach during a mental health episode that brought paramedics, firefighters and police officers to Wintler Park under an excessive heat warning on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2024.

October 18, 2024, 1:47pm Clark County News

The Clark County Council on Friday adopted a resolution warning that passage of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would raise property taxes to add 80 new police officers, will create more work for the rest of the criminal justice system without providing money to pay for it. Read story

Police lights flash on the roof of a Vancouver police vehicle.

Vancouver residents near Arnold Park told to shelter in place while SWAT team searched for suicidal subject

Police lights flash on the roof of a Vancouver police vehicle.

September 26, 2024, 8:11am Clark County News

Residents of a central Vancouver neighborhood were told to shelter in place Wednesday night while law enforcement searched for a man that had a brief standoff with Clark County sheriff’s deputies inside the jail and then fled on a motorized bicycle. Read story

The extradition team initially included four Clark County deputies and a supervisor, Sgt. Dave Nelson. They transported about 200 people last year.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office team goes to great lengths bringing fugitives to justice

The extradition team initially included four Clark County deputies and a supervisor, Sgt. Dave Nelson. They transported about 200 people last year.

September 3, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

When someone who is wanted for suspected crimes in Clark County is arrested elsewhere, it’s the job of a team at the Clark County Sheriff’s Office to bring them here to face charges. Read story

Defense attorney Christie Emrich, center, speaks during a July 1 ceremony at Recovery Cafe as staff prepare to move the court farther east on Fourth Plain Boulevard.

Clark County’s Community Court ‘way different from regular court’, sees success in helping the homeless

Defense attorney Christie Emrich, center, speaks during a July 1 ceremony at Recovery Cafe as staff prepare to move the court farther east on Fourth Plain Boulevard.

July 13, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

Jacob Anderson isn’t sure when he lost hope. He had big dreams of being an artist and a therapist like the one who helped him through hard times in junior high. But somewhere along the way, the plan fell apart. Read story

The Clark County Jail opened in 1984.

Late-night releases from Clark County Jail leave people on streets with nowhere to go

The Clark County Jail opened in 1984.

June 27, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

People are sometimes released from the Clark County Jail late at night or in the wee hours of the morning. Read story