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  • 1 day ago | inlander.com | Kaylee Tornay |Whitney Bryen

    click to enlarge Erick Doxey for InvestigateWest Asha Joseph spoke at her 12-year-old sister's funeral on Tuesday. Sarah Niyimbona had been receiving psychiatric treatment at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center intermittently for eight months when she died by suicide at the hospital. EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide.

  • 1 day ago | investigatewest.org | Whitney Bryen |Kaylee Tornay

    EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. A 12-year-old girl died by suicide this month after workers say she was left unsupervised at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, where she was waiting for a long-term psychiatric placement.

  • 2 months ago | investigatewest.org | Whitney Bryen

    By the time Tim Riley’s lifeless body was discovered in a shower at the Canyon County jail, the deputy assigned to keep his unit safe hadn't seen him in an hour and nine minutes. Deputy Joshua Barnett conducted three security checks of Riley's dorm during that time, but he failed to account for Riley during each check.

  • 2 months ago | idahostatesman.com | Whitney Bryen

    By the time Tim Riley’s lifeless body was discovered in a shower at the Canyon County jail, the deputy assigned to keep his unit safe hadn’t seen him in an hour and nine minutes. Deputy Joshua Barnett conducted three security checks of Riley’s dorm during that time, but he failed to account for Riley during each check.

  • 2 months ago | chickashanews.com | Whitney Bryen

    ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, northern, northwest,southeast, southern, southwest, and western Oklahoma and northernTexas. * WHEN...Until noon CST Thursday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero couldresult in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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Whitney Bryen
Whitney Bryen @WhitneyBryen
19 Mar 25

RT @alex_brizee: .@kfixler reports: Idaho will have a new state prison director for the first time since 2018 after its current chief leave…

Whitney Bryen
Whitney Bryen @WhitneyBryen
18 Jan 25

This week on @IdahoReports I talked about our nation-leading female incarceration rate and what puts women in Idaho’s prisons. https://t.co/OLnCxvIXrf https://t.co/x5w0cErA02

Whitney Bryen
Whitney Bryen @WhitneyBryen
16 Jan 25

More from that report in my latest for @investigatewest. https://t.co/l6w0ThdAaZ

Prison Policy Initiative
Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy

Idaho is a leader in female incarceration – and a new report shows that most of the women behind bars are locked up for drug possession We've seen countless times that punitive responses to drug use don't work. Instead, it drags women away from families & throws them behind bars https://t.co/jBcEH3ug3f