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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.