King County Jails Understaffed, Competing with Amazon for Hires

Locking people up for low-level offenses is likely costing the county more than it's keeping anyone safe.by Sydney BrownstoneThe county is already spending $3.4 million to address increases in the jail population. MivPiv/Getty
King County has long struggled with paying mandatory overtime to jail corrections officers in the absence of proper staffing. According to a 2016 database of King County employees' salaries obtained by the Tacoma News Tribune, some corrections officers nearly doubled their