A significant staffing shortage within the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD) prompted an eight-hour overnight closure of the county’s only currently operational jail – and local corrections officers are sounding the alarm.
King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention
“By closing the booking area, anyone arrested by a police agency in King County for a crime like DUI, domestic violence assault, or even felony charges like murder or rape will have to be held by that police agency overnight or let go pending charges,” Folk wrote to Dori during the closure.Callers to 911, Folk told Dori’s listeners during their on-air interview.
“We’re struggling to hire people in all professions,” Folk said, adding that they have had 100 vacancies for more than a year. “We’re losing people at a rate faster than we can hire them.” Some within Folk’s ranks are concerned that King County Executive and DAJD leaders want to close downtown Seattle’s King County Jail permanently. It’s an older jail, Folk said, but there’s nothing in the budget to retrofit it.
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