Two WA juvenile rehab facilities suspend intakes for first time due to overcrowding
The Echo Glen Children's Center in Snoqualmie and Green Hill School in Chehalis aren't taking additional juvenile inmates due to overpopulation and safety concerns.
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(The Center Square) — Two juvenile rehabilitation centers have suspended the intake of new offenders due to overcrowding, according to the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families. This reverses a two-decade trend of a decreasing juvenile rehabilitation institutional population.
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