Gov. Inslee defends procedures at the state’s maximum security detention center

Following a call for an independent investigation into how drugs were entering the detention center, Inslee said additional security measures are underway.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s governor defends procedures at the state’s maximum security detention center for boys, noted in a Feb. 22 letter to the state senate’s leading Republican.

Gov. Jay Inslee said “additional security measures” are underway to address “the very real and complex challenges” at the Green Hill School in Chehalis.

After the KING 5 Investigators reported on four fentanyl overdoses in six days in January by young inmates, state Sen. John Braun (R-Chehalis) renewed his call last month for an independent,

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