Washington’s juvenile justice agency appeared to finally be reformed. After decades of court monitoring, a judge declared in late 2020 that the long-troubled Department of Youth Rehabilitation ...
THANK YOU. DOUGLAS COUNTY JUVENILE JUDGE HEARS ALLEGATIONS FROM A TEENAGER PLACED IN A STATE RUN REHAB FACILITY. HE SAYS A STAFF MEMBER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HIM. AN EMERGENCY MEETING WAS HELD TODAY TO ...
SEATTLE – Juvenile rehabilitation leaders were banking on changes to state law to relieve an overcrowded and chaotic system that’s left youth and staff to fend for themselves. As the legislative ...
More states are either closing youth detention centers or considering it. Since 2000, states have seen between a 50% and 60% drop in incarcerated youth, according to the Juvenile Law Center. In New ...
The ACLU of D.C. and Maryland criticized the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services for considering the reopening of the ...
Without safety, rehabilitation suffers. That’s why official assurances about the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center ...
BILL. THANK YOU. DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE WEIGHING THE OPTIONS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TWO DOUGLAS COUNTY YOUTH DETENTION CENTERS. WELL, THE ONE ON 42ND AND WOOLWORTH HOUSES NEARLY 90 ...
Eight current residents of Green Hill School in Chehalis will be voluntarily transferred to Harbor Heights, a new juvenile rehabilitation center on the grounds of Stafford Creek Corrections Center ...
A new Youth Care and Development Center in Racine will soon open its doors. The $54 million space on 3 Mile Road will house at-risk youth. The goal is to open the new facility in May. The $54 million ...