King County Jails Are Still Putting Kids in Solitary Confinement

They shouldn't be—there's a law banning the practice.by Lester BlackA detention wing at the King County Juvenile Detention Center. Courtesy King County
Over a year ago, the King County government pledged to change how they were incarcerating youth. The County Council passed a law that they claimed banned solitary confinement and King County Executive Dow Constantine created new regulations that he said would “reduce traumatization of youth in detention.”
But a new report obtain