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  • KIRO – Could ‘peace circles’ replace youth jails in King County?
  • The Seattle Time – We can’t just keep on doing what we’ve been doing.’ King County tries risky alternative to youth jail
  • The Seattle Times – A millionaire can save kids, and so can communities
  • Capitol Hill Times – Deputy executive steps up to look at reaching goal of keeping youth out of jail
  • KUOW – Gun violence was killing teens, so two Federal Way moms stepped in
  • Seattle Medium – Rhonda Berry to Lead King County’s Zero Youth Detention Efforts
  • The Stranger – The Great Youth Detention Debate
  • The Stranger – What Will It Take to Stop Locking Up Kids?
  • The Stranger – Judge Roger Rogoff Has the Power to Change a Kid’s Life. But Does He Have the Tools?
  • The Stranger – Community Roots: A Short-Lived Diversion Program Steers East African Youth Away from the Criminal Justice System
  • The Stranger – Family Matters: First It Was a Jail Wing, Then It Became a Respite Center
  • The Stranger – Can the New Youth Jail Render Itself Obsolete?
  • KUOW – Needed: Black mentors to keep kids out of jail
  • SB Nation Field Gulls – Michael Bennett continues community engagement spree; involved in at-risk youth gardening program
  • The Seattle Times – Michael Bennett’s latest project? A gardening program for King County Juvenile Detention
  • The Seattle Times – Sadly, King County still needs juvenile-detention beds: Don’t scrap the new youth jail
  • Prisoneducation.com – Counseling and community service over incarceration for juvenile offenders
  • Jackson Free Press – Beyond detention: Exploring smarter, cheaper alternatives to locking kids up
  • The Seattle Times – King County tries counseling, self-reflection instead of jail for teens
  • Capitol Hill Times – Putting restorative justice in a circle: Teen passes pilot, will be model for future participants
  • Northwest Catholic – Archdiocese participates in peace circles as a juvenile justice alternative
  • ACLU of Washington State – Restorative justice offers a powerful alternative to prisons and jails
  • Capitol Hill Times – County seeing success with new youth deferment program
  • Rhythm & News Podcast – Changes in Juvenile Court detention policies
  • KING 5 – Courts work to keep kids out of juvie
  • KPLU – King Co. enacts changes to cut down on the number of juveniles booked into detention
  • The Seattle Times – Juvenile justice reforms aim to steer King County youths away from detention
  • South Seattle Emerald – Juvenile justice reformers net twin victories from city and county
  • Crosscut – Why it will be so hard to end youth incarceration
  • YES! Magazine – Can cities end the school-to-prison pipeline? 
  • The Seattle Times – Criminal-justice discussions over dinner with John Legend
  • Capitol Hill Seattle Blog – Seattle also resolves to end youth detention
  • The Seattle Times – Prosecutor-funded program helps kids do a 180, avoid charges
  • King County TV – 15 Minutes – Juvenile Court Judge Wesley Saint Clair
  • The Seattle Times – School can — and should — teach more than discipline
  • King County TV – 15 Minutes – Superior Court Judge Susan Craighead
  • Crosscut – King County Will Push Juvenile Justice Study
  • Kent Reporter – King County Committee to Examine Racial Disparity in Juvenile Justice System 
  • City Inside/Out, Seattle Channel – Juvenile Justice
  • The Seattle Times – King County Makes Progress on Youth Incarceration
  • 91.3 KBCS – King County Responds to Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System
  • The Seattle Times – Kids, Jails a Bad Combination; Society Can Do Better
  • South Seattle Emerald – Op-Ed by King County Executive Dow Constantine: We Must Make the Justice System Impervious to Bias
  • Seattle PI – Judge: Racism ‘A Fact of Life’ in King County Juvenile Justice System
  • The Stranger – King County Will Reduce Number of Beds in New Juvenile Detention Center by One Fourth, Bowing to Protests
  • Kent Reporter – King County Aims to Root Out Racial Disparity in Juvenile Justice System
  • Capitol Hill Seattle Blog – Judges, Officials Vow to Reduce County’s Youth Detentions
  • The Seattle Times – New Juvenile Jail: Fewer Beds, More Help Keeping Kids Out
  • KUOW.org – Locked-Up Kids Will Have More Options, King County Says
  • KIRO Radio – King County vows major changes to locking troubled kids up in juvenile detention
  • The Stranger – Guest Editorial: A Call to Action to Address Racial Disparity in the Juvenile Justice System

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