“DOC currently has six employees at Green Hill and will be onsite as needed or when called to support safe operations at the campus,” Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) spokesperson Nancy Gutierrez said.
Last month DCYF caused an uproar among police, prosecutors and the courts when it suddenly halted intakes at the Green Hill School and Echo Glen Children’s Center. Green Hill rehabilitates 17 to 25-year-old male offenders. Echo Glen confines younger males. The agency said an unexpected rise in inmate population at both medium to maximum security detention centers was to blame, along with low staffing levels.
Days after that announcement, DCYF transferred
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