Drug use inside the shelter, employees using racist slurs and bed bugs on mattresses.
If true, the myriad allegations lodged against Jewels Helping Hands would be damning, but city officials say they’re still in the process of reviewing the nonprofit’s response.
The homeless services provider, which operated the city’s Cannon Street warming center last winter, has rejected almost every complaint among the lengthy list disclosed by city officials in December. The center was allowed to shelter about 90 people each night and often was at capacity.
The Spokane Police Department was unable to substantiate allegations of potential criminal behavior, but an administrative review is ongoing, according to city spokesman
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