1. Why was WSATF created?
2. What are WSATF objectives?
3. What has WSATF accomplished in the first year?
4. What are WSATF future goals?
5. How do I become a member?

1. Why was WSATF created?

The Washington Staff Assault Task Force was created in July of 2007. The Task Force was formed by a group of concerned Correctional employees who banded together and formed a non-profit, membership controlled, employee organization to fight back. The Task Force was established to provide Staff Assault Support and to help support crime victims within our community. The Task Force has established a network of attorneys to fight for our rights to hold the inmates accountable for their staff assaults.

As a Chapter of the 10,000+ member National Staff Assault Task Force, the WSATF is a newly formed 501 (c) (5) organization that assists staff members who have experienced an inmate assault.

 

2. What are WSATF objectives?

• WSATF assists Correctional Employees who have been victimized by an assault.

• WSATF assists Correctional Staff in holding the inmates accountable through the Civil Court process.

• WSATF ensures that victims have a voice.

• WSATF provides assistance to community based victim organizations.

 

3. What has WSATF accomplished?

• In its first few months the WSATF was approved by the Office of Fiscal Management and the Department of Personnel for payroll deduction for all state employees. We are established and accepted throughout DOC.

• The WSATF now has over 1,700 members in fourteen institutions as well as community corrections. We have recruited and have facility representatives at WSP, AHCC, CRCC, AVCC, PLCCW and MCC.

• We have provided benefit checks for more than 120 staff members who have been assaulted and have filed and won 18 lawsuits in Walla Walla, Snohomish, Mason, Spokane and Pierce Counties. We have just filed our first lawsuit in Gray’s harbor County.

• We have successfully sued eighteen inmates who have attacked staff members winning judgments totaling $89,000.00.
  
  We have made monetary donations to victims of crime and to the “memorial walk” project to honor MCC staff who have fallen.

 

4. How do I become a member?

Visit our membership page and apply today. For a minimum amount of $10.00 dollars per month you can become a member of WSATF.