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 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 juvenile ...

Washington’s Senate Bill 5296 is igniting intense debate over the future of the state’s juvenile justice system and rehabilitation. Introduced by several Democratic state senators, the bill aims to ...

Thirteen Washington counties have sued the state Department of Children, Youth and Families for halting intakes to the state’s juvenile rehabilitation facilities. The closure, made one month ago, has ...

More advocates are speaking out to transform Maine's only juvenile detention center.