A new analysis presented to the Whatcom County Council provided a preliminary estimate of the capacity needed for the new Whatcom County Jail. According to the analysis, the jail is projected to ...

A maximum security housing unit, or cell block, in the downtown Whatcom County Jail in Bellingham, pictured here in 2018. Progress on a new Whatcom County Jail is underway, with a recent presentation ...

Authorities arrested an employee at Whatcom County Jail, along with one other person, on suspicion of smuggling drugs into the facility. The employee was not directly employed by Whatcom County, but ...

The Whatcom County Jail is, by all accounts, falling apart. Alarm systems are failing, cracks are spreading in the foundation, and physical records are continually being flooded. Inmates have even ...

A settlement agreement has been proposed in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union last year against the Whatcom County Jail and the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office ...

As work on the new Whatcom County Jail and Behavioral Care Center (BCC) continues, conversations are underway about how best to serve those dealing with mental health issues. The location of the BCC ...

A jail house riot broke out at the Whatcom County Jail last night, but deputies were able to contain the inmates suspected of causing the riot within an hour, The Whatcom County Sheriff's department ...

A Whatcom County man was sentenced to over four years in prison Tuesday in Whatcom County Superior Court for illegally manufacturing explosives and guns on his property. He already served three years ...

The family of a woman who killed herself while she was incarcerated in the Whatcom County Jail in 2014 has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against Whatcom County for $350,000, according to Whatcom ...

A Bellingham man who kidnapped a woman and held her at gunpoint was sentenced to more than six years in prison in Whatcom ...

New study projects Whatcom County jail capacity needs to reach 720 beds by 2050. County plans 2028 Ferndale jail opening with phased budget increases and design input. Officials stress need to include ...