On January 29, 2011, Officer Jayme Biendl was strangled to death with an amplifying cord by an inmate within prison walls. Inmate Byron Scherf was accused of the murder. Officer Biendl had repeatedly filed work orders for additional security measures to her supervisors which went unanswered. Inmate Byron Scherf was found guilty of the murder of Officer Biendl and sentenced to death. However, when Governor Jay Inslee was elected into office he placed a moratorium in favor of on all inmates on death row.
