KING COUNTY, Wash. — Following a four-year halt, the King County jail has resumed booking offenders for low-level and non-violent crimes such as low-value theft, criminal trespass, and public ...

King County jails will lift remaining misdemeanor booking restrictions for all partner law enforcement agencies, starting Feb. 1, thanks to increased staff. Previous restrictions, like daily caps ...

King County Jail booking restrictions for misdemeanors have now been lifted because staffing levels are improving. This changes how officers can make arrests in Seattle. Seattle Police officers ...

The ACLU’s proposed solution of restricting felony bookings is not the answer. The King County jail is the custodian of inmates who are arrested by a law enforcement agency. King County has no ...

In Schuldt’s view, King County has become too lenient on youth ... Kia Boys' facing adult consequences Juvenile criminal bookings were up 61% in 2023, driven, in part, by a fivefold increase ...

Before the pandemic, King County held an average daily population of more than 1,000 people in its downtown Seattle jail. That number plummeted in 2020 under booking restrictions but returned to ...

the guild also demands the cessation of the security overrides to inmates for housing purposes." A spokesperson for the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD) confirmed the ...

The ACLU’s proposed solution of restricting felony bookings is not the answer. The King County jail is the custodian of inmates who are arrested by a law enforcement agency. King County has no ...