Plan to release Steven Powell from prison rescinded
Oct 15, 2013, 2:27 PM | Updated: 2:42 pm
Steven Powell, the notorious voyeur and father of Josh Powell, will not be getting out of prison as scheduled next month after the Washington Department of Corrections announced Tuesday it has rescinded his release plan.
The DOC says a Tacoma property owner withdrew an offer to have him as a tenant after he was released.
Powell can resubmit a release plan, but a safety plan for the victims, a new address, and a treatment plan need to be in place before it can be considered.
Powell is the father-in-law of Susan Cox Powell, the Puyallup native who disappeared from her home in Utah in 2009. His son Josh killed himself and his two young sons in 2012.
Powell was convicted of voyeurism in 2012 and sentenced to 30 months in prison. He was found guilty on 14 counts of voyeurism for secretly photographing two young girls in their bathroom from his home next door.
If Powell doesn’t submit an acceptable new plan, he will remain at the Monroe Correctional Complex until he reaches his maximum-release date in March 2014.
