View King County announcements related to Zero Youth Detention work.
Today marks the release of the Road Map to Zero Youth Detention, King County’s strategic plan to not only further reduce the use of secure detention for youth, but to launch this County on a journey to eliminate it.Continue reading Announcing the release of the Road Map to Zero Youth Detention
King County Executive Dow Constantine has entrusted this effort to Deputy Executive Rhonda Berry to make sure that this work gets the stewardship it needs to achieve genuine change for young people in our community.Continue reading Rhonda Berry to lead King County’s zero youth detention efforts
King County Superior Court is making changes this month that could reduce juvenile detention bookings by as much as 250 a year. The Court is doing that by making two significant changes to divert more youth away from detention and to continue a more than decade-long decline in the use of juvenile detention.Continue reading King County Juvenile Court changes to cut detention bookings by as much as 250 a year
Theresa Wea will be King County Superior Court’s first Equity & Justice Advocate, a new position created this year to address growing racial disproportionalities in the juvenile justice system. Continue reading King County Juvenile Court hires its first Equity & Justice Advocate
King County Executive Dow Constantine today joined Superior Court Presiding Judge Susan Craighead and members of the King County Council to announce members of a steering committee charged with recommending solutions to a growing racial disparity in the regional juvenile justice system. It is the largest and most diverse group King County has ever assembled to act on juvenile justice issues.Continue reading King County, community leaders and youth to identify ways to end racial disparity in juvenile justice system
