CHEHALIS, Wash. — Drug crimes, overdoses, contraband, and alleged employee misconduct continue to plague Washington’s maximum security juvenile lock-up, even though the state has promised to crack down on security lapses at the Green Hill School.
Public records show there have been at least 34 9-1-1 calls from the Chehalis detention facility since Washington Governor Jay Inslee told KING 5 in November that the state has issued “…stronger measures to keep drugs out.”
There are also questions about numerous drug seizures in years past that Green Hill administrators did not report to police, including one case that could have allowed an inmate to be free to commit robberies and a murder in Spokane.
Between just Jan. 10-15, there were four inmate fentanyl overdoses, according to the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), which runs Green Hill.
