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
Why King County no longer prosecutes kids who beat their parents Vicky used to hide the knives in her home, but not because of the ex-husband who she says was abusive. She was being beaten by her 13-year-old son. 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
Needed: Black mentors to keep kids out of jail. Comeback stories a plus Alternative sentencing programs have reduced the number of kids in King County’s juvenile jail, but they’re still disproportionately black. The county... Patricia Murphy
Two short poems from Seattle's juvenile jail CHICAGO ON THE SOUTH SIDE By a young man in juvenile detention, age 15 Everybody should know that when I was younger I was at school one day, I went... a young man and a young woman in juvenile jail
Dark, sad poetry by kids in Seattle's juvenile jail The girl had been raped as a child. Years later, she was in juvenile detention in Seattle, telling her story to Richard Gold, who was helping her write... Isolde Raftery
New rule: Detained kids must see a lawyer before speaking to cops Young people who are detained by law enforcement in King County can no longer waive their right to an attorney on their own. On Monday, the King County... Patricia Murphy
King County Executive proposes centers to help reduce youth detention King County executive Dow Constantine is calling for the creation of two new centers to help keep young people in King County out of jail. In his annual... Kate OConnell
Should kids in jail talk with their lawyers before cops? At any given time about 50 young people are booked into the juvenile detention facility on East Alder Street in Seattle. Some are awaiting trial, others... Patricia Murphy
Racial stress: What 3 Seattle therapists are seeing In downtown Seattle, therapist Robert Gant heard from a father who felt hopeless. The man had told his sons, ages 12 and 9, that they should obey police... Isolde Raftery