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Juveniles charged as adults will no longer be housed at regional jail in Kent Originally published November 2, 2017 at 4:23 pm Updated November 2, 2017 at 6:00 pm ...

The regional jail in Des Moines would take about 50 people currently housed in jails in downtown Seattle and Kent.

SEATTLE (AP) - Following the filing of a federal lawsuit protesting solitary confinement of minors at the Regional Justice Center in Kent, the King County executive has directed that all juvenile ...