Parents Sue King County Jails Over 'Unlawful' Practices

KING COUNTY, WA -- Children in the King County jail aren't being given adequate educational services, according to a class-action lawsuit filed this week.

The lawsuit — filed by Sonya Stokes, Quinieca Taylor, Kimberley Fall and Marie Callendret, parents of children who have been jailed — claims that the children were held in isolation for days, sometimes months.

"These children, many of whom already have mental illnesses, have little to nothing to do in their isolation cells: no meaningful human interaction, little to no education or programming, no music or television, and very few reading materials," the lawsuit reads. "Even when allowed out of their cells, children in isolation are alone in the day room. Any 'recreation' the children in isolation receive takes place alone in an empty, concrete pen."

The children were charged as adults and were detained at the King County's Regional Justice Center in Kent, WA.

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Plaintiffs are asking the court to release an injunction that will "end King County’s unlawful policies and practices."

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