Dive deeper into the objectives, strategies, and action items of King County’s Road Map to Zero Youth Detention.
We’ve added new data to the Zero Youth Detention Data Dashboard, which we launched last year to share regular data updates about the juvenile legal system in King County. In keeping with our guiding principle of transparency and accountability, this dashboard is a method for us to share progress on efforts to achieve the goalContinue reading New data available on Zero Youth Detention Data Dashboard
King County is pleased to announce the first release of the Zero Youth Detention data dashboard! This dashboard shows progress on the full range of efforts to achieve the goal of Zero Youth Detention.Continue reading Announcing the Zero Youth Detention Data Dashboard
Learn more about the work done across the County toward reducing racial disproportionately in juvenile detention by focusing on policies and practices.Continue reading Identifying and eliminating policies that contribute to racial disproportionality in the juvenile legal system
Could there be a time when we don’t need to incarcerate youth? Executive Constantine outlines his plan to help the County reach its goal of Zero Youth Detention in this episode of King County Connects.Continue reading VIDEO: King County Connects on Zero Youth Detention
Listen to what our community partners and young people impacted by the juvenile legal system had to say about the journey to Zero Youth Detention in a conversation with King County Executive Dow Constantine.Continue reading VIDEO: No one can do this work alone
When systems work together, the people they serve benefit. This Road Map objective recognizes that youth and families are often served by multiple systems and more can be done between and among systems to better coordinate.Continue reading Aligning and optimizing connections between systems to increase effectiveness
The objective recognizes that young people who remain in their own community generally have better outcomes after contact with the juvenile legal system. However, when community-based resources are not a viable option and a youth must be placed in secure detention as a last resort, family engagement and reentry supports are essential.Continue reading Supporting youth and families to reduce recurrence of legal system involvement
This objective calls on legal system partners and community to work together to create an effective continuum of community-based approaches, accessed at different points in the juvenile legal process, that provide for community safety and for the developmental needs of youth.Continue reading Diverting youth into community-based options
This objective recognizes partnership between youth and families, schools and communities, and the County is needed to enhance positive youth development and help position the youth on a healthy life course.Continue reading Preventing youth from entering the juvenile legal system by focusing upstream
By leading with racial justice in the work of Zero Youth Detention, all stakeholders involved with the juvenile legal system are being called to commit to addressing systemic institutional racism and bias and to align efforts through this deeply challenging work.Continue reading Leading with racial equity
