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February 24, 2017

Thurston County's new approach is putting fewer young offenders in detention center

  • New programs and treatment have resulted in a 75 percent reduction in the number of juveniles in detention since 1998.
    • By AMELIA DICKSON
    The Olympian

    OLYMPIA — The number of kids housed in Thurston County's Juvenile Detention Facility reached an all-time low last year, with an average of fewer than 15 juveniles held there each day.

    That's a 75 percent reduction since 1998, when the county began tracking daily populations. Then, the county housed about 60 juveniles each day.


     
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