Inside the Washington Juvenile Prison Opening Next Month

Washington jail to transform solitary unit for juveniles

The Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) is set to remodel its former solitary confinement jail unit and house 8 offenders from the Green Hill School, a maximum-security juvenile rehabilitation center, according to KING 5. By the fall, the SCCC will utilize the unused portion of the jail for 46 offenders from Green Hill and will hire additional staff. But for now, only the eight men will be relocated to the state prison next month. Solving t…

Inside the Washington juvenile prison opening next month

ABERDEEN — For the past few weeks, Kendrick Rochelle has been going to Washington’s overcrowded youth prison in Chehalis to build relationships with the young men held there.

Inside the Washington juvenile prison opening next month • Washington State Standard

Outside the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Wash., on Thursday, May 29, 2025, where a new juvenile detention center called Harbor Heights will soon open. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)ABERDEEN — For the past few weeks, Kendrick Rochelle has been going to Washington’s overcrowded youth prison in Chehalis to build relationships with the young men held there. Rochelle is trying to recruit them to join a le…

Inside the Washington juvenile prison opening next month - Lynnwood Today

Outside the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Wash., on Thursday, May 29, 2025, where a new juvenile detention center called Harbor Heights will soon open. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard) For the past few weeks, Kendrick Rochelle has been going to Washington’s overcrowded youth prison in Chehalis to build relationships with the young men held there. Rochelle is trying to recruit them to join a leadership p…

Inside the Washington State Juvenile Prison Opening Next Month

ABERDEEN, WA – For the past few weeks, Kendrick Rochelle has been going to Washington’s overcrowded youth prison in Chehalis to build relationships with the young men held there. Rochelle is trying to recruit them to join a leadership program at a new juvenile detention center called Harbor Heights on the grounds of an adult prison near Aberdeen, where he’ll serve as superintendent. Harbor Heights is set to open June 9. He eats lunch with the yo…