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Green Hill School is part of Washington state's correctional system under the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration, and is the state's only maximum security penitentiary for youths. [1] It is located in the South Market district of Chehalis on I-5 , next to Recreation Park .
(The Center Square) – Families of incarcerated youth and juvenile justice advocates are speaking out against Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee’s recent announcement regarding plans for a new ...
As children in Washington deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the skyrocketing cost of living, public officials are scrambling to find answers to the juvenile justice crisis. Echo ...
Juvenile detention centers in the United States, prisons for people under the age of 21, often termed juvenile delinquents, to which they have been sentenced and committed for a period of time, or detained on a short-term basis while awaiting trial or placement in a long-term care program.
Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) Forks: 1968 No Male 381 MI-2 Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) Aberdeen: 2000 Yes Male 1,936 MI-3 Medium Maximum Washington Corrections Center (WCC) Shelton: 1964 Yes Male 1,268 Medium Close Maximum Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) Gig Harbor: 1971 Yes Female 738 MI-2 MI-3 Medium Close
A medium security, state-operated juvenile rehabilitation center for youth will open in unincorporated Pierce County, according to the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families.
The Tallulah Correctional Center for Youth in Louisiana had been open for only three years when it was first sued by the United States Department of Justice (in collaboration with local activists in the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana) for violating the civil rights of youth held in its confines—marking the first time in U.S. history ...
Eight juveniles detained at the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center have been transferred from the facility, Sheriff Jack Campbell confirmed Wednesday. The move followed an incident at the ...