Felice Upton, a former DCYF assistant secretary, said she was fired after raising concerns about overcrowding and unsafe conditions in juvenile detention facilities.
CHEHALIS, Wash. — The former head of Washington’s juvenile detention system says her complaints about “unconstitutional treatment” of inmates and “unsafe conditions” for staff were ignored before she was fired in April.
Former Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Assistant Secretary Felice Upton filed a $4.75 million tort Aug. 26 against the state claiming that she was fired for being a whistleblower.
Upton says DCYF leaders did not heed her warnings about overcrowding caused by the shutdown of the Naselle
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