King County Council Member Girmay Zahilay Campaigned on No New Youth Jail, But Voted to Keep Using Youth Jail

“I Did The Right Thing,” Zahilay saysby Ashley NerbovigLast week, the King County Council voted 8-0 to support a non-binding motion to leave the county’s child jail open. King County Council Member Girmay Zahilay joined the council in voting for the measure—with some meager amendments stressing how the county needs alternatives to jail for kids, upstream investments, and to improve the conditions at the current facility—despite running in 2019 on a platform to &ldqu