Public health to oversee King County youth detention King County Executive Dow Constantine is making a change he says will help the county with its effort to dramatically reduce the practice of detaining... Patricia Murphy
Teens in adult jail violates civil rights, Seattle lawsuit contends A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a group of four young people currently being detained at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.... Patricia Murphy
Take the profit out of immigration jails, say WA congress members Immigration detention is a booming business in the U.S., mostly run by private, for-profit contractors. A new bill in Congress aims to phase out these... Liz Jones
King County rolls out Miranda rights tailored for young people "You have the right to remain silent." Most people can recite at least the first line of the Miranda warning used by police when arresting people. The... Patricia Murphy
Appeals court finds that tax formula for new King County youth jail is wrong A Washington state appeals court ruled Tuesday that King County has been improperly calculating the property taxes it’s using to fund a new courthouse... Patricia Murphy
Jailed immigrants paid $1 per day: Wash. state sues Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing the company that runs the immigration detention center in Tacoma. The lawsuit claims that GEO... Kate OConnell
King County wants no youth detention. So why is it building a new youth jail? The excavation work for King County’s new youth jail is done. But with the building’s foundation soon to be laid on East Alder Street, a new report... Patricia Murphy
Suggested changes for new youth jail, just as construction begins Construction has started at the new King County juvenile jail, but politicians and activists are still fighting about it. Patricia Murphy
When people in charge are mostly white, what’s a black kid in jail to think? When black youth enter the criminal justice system, most of the people in authority they come into contact with — social workers, lawyers, the jury —... Patricia Murphy
Debate: Do landlords unfairly discriminate against those with criminal records? Bill Radke speaks with Augustine Cita of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and Sean Flynn, board president of the Rental Housing Association of... Bill Radke Shane Mehling
