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Report: Youths Held Longer and Spend More Time in Cells at Juvenile Detention Facility Designed for Short-Term Stay

by Lauryn Bray


A county audit has found that staff shortages at King County’s juvenile detention center are causing youths in secure detention to be held in their cells for 14 hours a day, and that youths are staying longer in a facility meant to hold them for less than a month.

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