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    Monroe
    The Monroe Correctional Complex on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Monroe, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
    With fewer inmates, state prepares to close prison...
    By Jerry Cornfield • July 14, 2021 1:30 am

    In Monroe, two minimum security units will shut down soon, followed by the Washington State Reformatory.

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    Up to 950 inmates may be let out early amid COVID-19 concern
    Up to 950 inmates may be let out...
    By Jerry Cornfield • April 13, 2020 1:03 pm

    After a protest at the Monroe prison, the state says it will take steps to thin populations immediately.

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    An aerial photo shows the locations of two earthquakes and five aftershocks in and near Monroe, which rattled the Puget Sound region early Friday. The first was the magnitude 4.6 quake at upper right, 13 miles under the intersection of U.S. 2 and Fryelands Boulevard SE at 2:51 a.m. The second, magnitude 3.5, occurred 18 miles under the Old Snohomish-Monroe Road at 2:53 a.m. The aftershocks followed during the ensuing two hours. This image depicts an area about 3 miles wide. (Herald staff and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network)
    Early wake-up call: Twin quakes under Monroe rattle...
    July 12, 2019 1:30 am

    Thousands of people felt them. They were magnitude 4.6 and 3.5 and hit minutes apart.

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