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The first state library for incarcerated youth is set to open next year at the Echo Glen Children’s Center in Snoqualmie, thanks to a partnership between the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), the Secretary of State’s Office, and Washington State Library, Institutional Library Services (ILS).

The Department of Children, Youth and Family originally downplayed the riot, calling it "an incident" that only lasted a short time.

Puget Sound is experiencing a surge in children committing armed crimes, per police reports.

Department of Children, Youth and Family Service, however, did not call this a riot, nor did it acknowledge that juveniles attempted to escape.

Local police and the Washington State Patrol were called to Echo Glen Children's Center over the weekend when residents at a 16-person unit caused a "disturbance," threatening staff and destroying property.

The juvenile was found a little over an hour later. The escape comes months after five other juveniles escaped the facility.

A 16-year-old boy is in custody after he escaped from the Echo Glen Children’s Center Wednesday night. 

A 16-year-old inmate at Echo Glen's Children Center who escaped Thursday night has been arrested by King County Sheriff's Office deputies. 

The fifth and final teen who escaped from Echo Glen Children's Center in January has been caught, according to the state Department of Children, Youth and Families. 

The teens overpowered Echo Glen staff and locked them in cells before they escaped in a stolen Ford Fusion.