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Bill would set safe operating capacity for juvenile institutions and allow limited transfers to DOC; witnesses urge safeguards
Summary
House Bill 1917 would require DCYF to define safe operational capacity for juvenile rehabilitation institutions and allow specified responses — including transfers to DOC in narrow situations — when those limits are exceeded.
House Bill 1917 would require the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to define a "safe operational capacity" for juvenile rehabilitation institutions and take specified actions if populations exceed thresholds of that capacity. The bill also revises transfer and placement rules for people sentenced in adult court for crimes committed as juveniles.
Staff explained that the state operates two juvenile rehabilitation institutions: Green Hill School (Chehalis) serving males 17–25, and Echo Glen (Snoqualmie) serving females and younger males. Under the bill, DCYF must set rules defining the maximum number of people who can safely be housed and must plan when population reaches 90% of that limit. If a facility exceeds 105% of safe operational capacity, the department could…
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