In the News

• 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