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
