A new Washington state juvenile detention center meant to help address persistent overcrowding at an existing facility will open months later than anticipated due to difficulties in hiring staff ...

Green Hill School in Chehalis has struggled with overcrowding, with some residents claiming it lacks adequate bathroom breaks ...

Inslee described an 'avalanche' of new juvenile offenders being sent to the state's juvenile justice system, including Green Hill School and Echo Glen Children's Center in Snoqualmie.

It does not address the systemic issues plaguing Green Hill, particularly the lack of staff accountability for criminal activity," Braun said Tuesday afternoon.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Thurston County Judge Anne Egeler ruled that 43 offenders sent from a juvenile detention facility to adult prisons must be returned to the state’s juvenile detention center in ...

Overcrowding at Washington’s biggest juvenile detention center has grown to crisis levels over the past year.

Roughly three quarters of the population at the Green Hill School, a boys’ juvenile detention facility, are actually adults between 18 and 25 thanks to Democrat-backed legislation that is ...

For years, the state has struggled to address overcrowding at Green Hill and Echo Glen, a youth detention center near North Bend. Faced with an increase from 150 residents in June 2023 to 240 ...

The opening of a new Washington juvenile rehabilitation center initially slated for early this year has been pushed to June, a delay that may prolong overcrowding issues at the Green Hill School ...