AFSC's Youth Undoing Institutional Racism (YUIR) and Ending the Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC), projects of the Seattle Community Justice Program, have been organizing for several years to stop the building of a new juvenile detention center and develop community based anti-racist alternatives to detention. Their efforts have gotten significant media attention. These are just a few of the news articles that have appeared related to their work and the issues they're raising:

South Seattle Emerald: New King County detention center an albatross for South Seattle youth?

South Seattle Emerald: Back to school: Aaron Dixon take me on a tour through history

Seattle Times: King County makes progress on youth incarceration

Seattle PI: Judge: Racism 'a fact of life' in King County juvenile justice system

The Stranger: King County will reduce number of beds in new juvenile detention center by one fourth, bowing to protests

South Seattle Emerald: 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' rings true in King County today

The Seattle Globalist: Former inmate says new King County youth jail is a mistake

Socialist Worker: A modest win against youth incarceration

South Seattle Emerald: We must make the justice system impervious to bias (op-ed)

Seattle Voices: Inteview with Ariel Hart (EPIC/YUIR organizer)

The Dignity Virus: Table flipped at Howard S. Wright construction firm in protest of proposed new youth jail in Seattle

The Stranger: Lawsuit: King County misled voters on levey to build new youth jail

Yes!: Can cities end the school-to-prison pipeline? Relentless organizers are tallying wins

Seattle Times: Officials declaring Washington a 'hate-free state' are shouted down by youth-jail opponents

Seattle Weekly: Freedom School Aims to Teach What Public Schools Don't 

South Seattle Emerald: Macklemore Sign On To #NoNewYouthJail Movement

South Seattle Emerald: Freedom School Immerses Students in Liberation Education

Seattle Weekly: What's Next for the No Youth Jail Movement? 

The Seattle Times: Seattle Council President Harrell wants county to reconsider new youth jail

South Seattle Emerald: Free to Dissent: White Anti-Racist Group Upends County at Community Meeting

South Seattle Emerald: County Responds to Murray's Call For A "Second Look" At Juvenile Detention Center

South Seattle Emerald: Tainted Appeals Process Speeds Construction of Youth Jail