MONROE, Wash. -- The Washington State Department of Corrections said the man accused of strangling a Monroe corrections officer was not under maximum security because of his good behavior behind bars.

Earlier reflections in this column have explored how violence often emerges from unaddressed emotional pain, trauma, and the slow erosion of empathy long before a crime is committed. Those discussions ...

Erik Menendez has been denied parole following prison behaviour that's been described as "disturbing". The Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón recommended a resentencing of Lyle and Erik ...