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What Should We Do With The Jungle?

caption: The Jungle, the morning after five people were shot at the homeless encampment in January.
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The Jungle, the morning after five people were shot at the homeless encampment in January.
KUOW Photo/Gil Aegerter

A new report from city officials looks at conditions in the Jungle - a large area south of downtown Seattle that is home to an unauthorized homeless encampment. The basic message is that this place is not fit for humans. So what should we do about The Jungle?

Bill Radke speaks with Pat Murakami and Tsunika Blessing to get two different opinions. Murakami is with the South Seattle Crime Prevention Council and Blessing is with the street newspaper Real Change.

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