Audit paints troubling picture of WA’s overcrowded youth prison system
OLYMPIA [Jake Goldstein-Street] — Nearly half of front-line staff at Washington’s overcrowded juvenile detention facilities leave within a year. Many report feeling unsafe, unprepared and unsupported. That’s according to a sobering, if not shocking, audit of the state’s youth prison system that has faced years of issues stemming from trying to fit too many young people into facilities […]
Second lawsuit filed against Snohomish County alleging sexual abuse at Denney Juvenile Justice Center
SNOHOMISH COUNTY—A former detention officer, represented by Seattle-based law firm Hagens Berman, has filed a lawsuit against Snohomish County, accusing it of discrimination and retaliation after she reported sexual harassment at Denney Juvenile Justice Center. This is the second complaint brought forward against the county in the last three months. The first lawsuit, also brought […]
