Wilson Criscione

Not the most serious part of this story but:

The Spokesman-Review’s union post re: stance on the planned transition to Comma and statement on Editor in Chief Rob Curley’s suspension and allegations against him: www.instagram.com/p/DeufPIRmUp...

How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a newsroom revolt (Reported in collaboration with RANGE) www.investigatewest.org/rob-curley-s...

Latah county police, prosecutors and Gritman medical staff totally failed this man. Someone still in a hospital, recovering from an overdose, was ambushed by police and arrested in a chain of events that plausibly led to his death.

After Isaac Berger overdosed, his mother gave hospital staff the pills she found in his room. She says it became the biggest regret of her life. The latest from @wbryen.bsky.social — about an Idaho law that caused a patient to be punished like a trafficker. www.investigatewest.org/she-brought-...

Guardians ad litem hold significant weight in child custody cases. But a @kelseyturner.bsky.social investigation of Washington cases found that when they conduct biased investigations or produce shoddy reports, discipline rarely extends beyond a reprimand. www.investigatewest.org/washington-c...

ICE detained Wilfredo Castillo at what he thought was a routine appointment for his asylum case, saying he missed check-ins on an app. He spent 11 months at a detention center, where he was stabbed. Don't miss the latest from @rachelspacek.bsky.social www.investigatewest.org/i-was-trying...

Come join this free event! I'll be sharing how we used police employment and misconduct data in our recent investigation of Idaho prisons.

Idaho Lawmakers are advancing legislation meant to close a gap in state law that makes it difficult to hold correctional officers accountable for sexually abusing inmates. The bill sponsor said the effort was inspired by our reporting. www.investigatewest.org/idaho-lawmak...

NEW: After @investigatewest.bsky.social used records from the IDOC & POST Council to report on sexual abuse in Idaho prisons, and @invisible.institute published police employment history data in the state, authorities are now changing policies to conceal both sources of information from the public.

Our reporting on Idaho prisons used public records to identify dozens of guards who resigned after misconduct — and it was met by calls for transparency from the governor. Instead, the state decided those records are no longer public. W/@invisible.institute: www.investigatewest.org/idaho-record...

Investigate West is kind of like ProPublica, but focusing on the PNW. Outstanding reporting here re multiple credible allegations and lawsuits against Dr. Geoffrey Stiller, who used to be at the forefront of gender affirmation surgery. Trans people, like everyone, deserve safe medical care.

Rep. Tarra Simmons, the first formerly incarcerated lawmaker in WA, had her convictions vacated in 2023 and said it felt like being freed from an "invisible prison." This year, emails show, she supported cuts to legal aid groups that help others do the same. www.investigatewest.org/make-it-make...

In the state that incarcerates women at the nation's highest rate, @wilsonc.bsky.social and I uncovered rampant sexual abuse by Idaho women's prison guards. After a year of reporting, we published 6 stories examining the system that failed to protect them. 🧵 1/

Grantees @wbryen.bsky.social & @wilsonc.bsky.social investigated sexual assault reports made by 25 women against more than 40 prison guards and revealed how the Idaho Department of Corrections systematically tolerates the sexual abuse of inmates. @investigatewest.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/47W9JAz

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39 people died in WA prisons last year, a number that rose during the pandemic. At least three other prisoners died of infections during FY 2024, one of whom was 45 years old. Read this story by @brandonblock.bsky.social - www.investigatewest.org/how-a-wa-pri...

From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of Washington. Our final Impact Report and a thread of some of the team's best work: www.cascadepbs.org/impact-repor...

The Idaho Department of Correction issued a news release in response to our Guarded by Predators series. It repeats agency policies but does not dispute our findings.

Highly recommend this series by my colleagues Whitney Bryen & @wilsonc.bsky.social They spent a year interviewing women who were sexually abused by prison guards & staff in Idaho, digging through court recordings, and public records and it SHOWS in this work.

A year of reporting by INVW has uncovered the unjust reality for the roughly 1,300 women currently in Idaho prisons: Once behind bars, they’re kept there by mostly male guards who can harass, grope, and sexually assault them with confidence that it will be kept quiet.

Damn, what a story.

This series on rape and sexual abuse by Idaho prison workers has some chilling, enraging and tender writing and reporting throughout - and exposes the ways our system continually lets alleged perpetrators off the hook. Please give it a read:

Idaho incarcerates women more often than any other state. Once thrown behind bars, many of those women are sexually abused by guards shielded from consequences — while victims are blamed. Read the latest in our "Guarded by Predators" series www.investigatewest.org/in-idaho-wom...

Our investigation has found: -At least 59 documented allegations of staff sexually abusing imprisoned women since 2020. It's an undercount. -37 prison workers accused in the last decade -Of those, 18 were guards who resigned. 8 were fired. www.investigatewest.org/staff-sexual...

In the first story, @wilsonc.bsky.social and Whitney Bryen look at the only women's prison guard sentenced to prison for sexual misconduct in the last decade. He served a nine-month alternative sentence. www.investigatewest.org/the-idaho-pr...

Heavy-hitting story from Kaylee Tornay and Aspen Ford: How Oregon let a wood treater pollute a town's water source www.investigatewest.org/oregon-wood-...

New story, reported with with the Mercer Island Reporter, about how the school district kept allegations of sexual misconduct by a teacher quiet for years. www.investigatewest.org/a-beloved-me...

Our reporter Moe Clark digs into forest management in Washington and the influential "collaboratives" that critics say are too aligned with timber interests: www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Good journalism matters: The state investigated Providence Sacred Heart only because they read reporting from InvestigateWest about a 12-year-old's death. Officials quickly found deeper issues with the hospital failing to properly screen patients. www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

“Existing data shows Native Americans face the highest risk of deadly police violence in the United States — between three to five times the rate that others face. And that data is likely an undercount of the true figures”

In 2020, Bureau of Indian Affairs police shot and killed Kirby Paradise. There was no media coverage or public acknowledgement from BIA. Four years later, the BIA killed his cousin, Cody Whiterock, in Idaho. Reporter Melanie Henshaw with the story: www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Washington state health officials — after reading @investigatewest.bsky.social's reporting — launched an investigation into a 12-year-old’s suicide at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

“If this is happening, I would be hesitant to report a crime myself:" Idaho’s Owyhee County joins ICE agreement to enforce immigration law (for @investigatewest.bsky.social)

Nurses in the youth psych unit were concerned with Providence's decision to close it because they feared exactly this. "We said this was going to happen," one former nurse in that unit says.

Very honored to be a Livingston finalist with @kelseyturner.bsky.social!

Tragic, must-read story from Whitney Bryen and Kaylee Tornay: A 12-year-old girl died by suicide after workers say she was left unsupervised at Spokane's Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center — months after the hospital's closure of its youth psych unit. www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Don't miss the latest from @kelseyturner.bsky.social www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

"We have lots of work for you guys." Emails obtained by @rachelspacek.bsky.social show how Kootenai County deputies have been coordinating with feds on immigration enforcement. www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...