Op-Ed: Washington’s Legal Establishment Can’t Deliver True Justice for Our Kids - The Urbanist

Op-Ed: Washington’s Legal Establishment Can’t Deliver True Justice for Our Kids - The Urbanist

For years, Washingtonians have struggled to decide whether — and how — to incarcerate minors. In an op-ed for the Seattle Times last month, Washington’s legal establishment, led by King County Superior Court Judge David Keenan, settled on its answer: funding more youth jails and more youth services. We, the public defenders of SEIU 925, reject Judge Keenan’s vague proposal. Even if incarcerating children did improve public safety — and it does n…