Protesters have been calling for the Judge Patricia Clark Children and Family Justice Center to close since the facility opened in 2020.
KING COUNTY, Wash. — A heated debate about the youth detention center unfolded in King County Council chambers Tuesday evening before the council voted to keep the facility open.
Public testimony lasted for about two hours.
“The country has invested in a cycle of harm and traumatization that ensures you will continue to have an incarcerated population,” one speaker said.
Protesters have been calling for the Judge Patricia Clark Children and Family Justice Center to close since the facility opened in 2020. That same year, King
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