Wayne Symmonds, a former inmate at Grant County Jail sent the Columbia Basin Herald a letter expressing concerns about the medical care provided at the jail. Reporting found Symmonds’ claims lacked validity. Symmonds was arrested Feb. 25, 2025, for failure to register as a sex offender and booked into jail.
August 7, 2025
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Grant Co. Jail health care exceeds standard, despite inmate’s claim
EPHRATA – The Columbia Basin Herald received a letter from a previous inmate at the Grant County Jail, Wayne Symmonds, who expressed concerns around the medical care he has received alongside concerns that several inmates have died during his stay. “This medical at this jail is no help,” Symmonds wrote. “I am afraid I am going to die at this county jail from infection in my body. There was a guy three months ago who had infection going (through) his body and medical was no help to that guy as well. That was how come he die at this jail.”