Corrections

More talk, but no resolution. King County Council remains at odds about youth jail

The King County Council will consider its official stance on jailing some youths for serious crimes, four years after Executive Dow Constantine pledged to end juvenile detention.

No juveniles in adult prisons, Washington court orders

A Thurston County Superior Court judge told the state it has two weeks to return 43 young men it suddenly moved last Friday from the Green Hill School juvenile rehabilitation center to an adult prison in Shelton unless it can convince the court that the emergency move was necessary to reduce dangerous overcrowding.

Conflict and confusion after state suspends intake for convicted juveniles

There is concern and confusion in King County courts after a surprising decision from the state to suspend intakes of juvenile offenders at two correctional facilities due to overcrowding. Instead, youths sentenced to long-term confinement will remain under county oversight until further notice, the state Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) told county officials Friday.

Controversial county effort to divert youth criminal cases to community groups not meeting goals

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is having trouble meeting its goals, a county report shows.

'The neighbors we needed during World War II.' Japanese Americans protest Seattle area deportation flights

Japanese American community members and immigration advocates gathered at Boeing Field Tuesday to call for an end to deportation flights out of King County International Airport.

Kiosks for free Covid and flu tests unveiled this week in Washington state

NPR wants to veer from the pack

NPR wants to veer from the pack

Washington grid attacks flew under the radar for months

DOE data and other reporting by KUOW reveal previously unreported attacks on substations in Washington state this summer.