I will also be proposing additional investments to help create healthy and community-based solutions that address the needs of youth & families in King County.
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Today I commit King County to converting the remaining youth detention units at the CFJC to other uses as quickly as possible, and no later than 2025.
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The CFJC detention wing replaced an old, decrepit, 212-bed building that was unsafe & inhumane. It was built as a part of our larger aspirational goal of a safer, more restorative alternative for every youth.
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Phasing out centralized youth detention is no longer a goal in the far distance. We have made extraordinary progress and we have evolved to believe that even more can be done.
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The COVID crisis has shown that things once deemed impossible are now possible, and we are challenging ourselves and the entire community to keep to that path.
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Then, in the midst of this public health crisis and economic upheaval, the nation was jarred by the vicious, state-sponsored murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
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America is now reconciling the genuine aspirations born of the enlightenment - liberty & equality - with a history steeped in oppression and violence.
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Redemption begins by shifting public dollars away from systems that are rooted in oppression and into those that maintain public health and safety, and help people on a path to success.
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Great! This is a step in the right direction. Please be transparent about what programs receive funds diverted from CFJC. It would help to see those $ going directly toward homelessness, mental health, etc.
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