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 […]
John Braun: Cost of Green Hill fentanyl overdose: $12M and a life changed forever
There’s a lot in common between the security and safety issues at Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families’ Green Hill School, the harm being done to our state’s children by fentanyl, and the staggering cost of financial judgments and settlements due to mismanagement by the executive branch of state government. Each is the […]
Inslee announces plan for new juvenile rehabilitation facility
OLYMPIA—Washington state’s juvenile rehabilitation (JR) system has been noted in recent years for its innovative, trauma-informed education and therapeutic programming. But 2024 has brought significant challenges. The state’s JR population is increasing, including a 60% increase in young people at Green Hill School since 2023. The resulting overcrowding at certain facilities has created unsafe conditions […]
