Uneven Ground: This is the second installment in a series by InvestigateWest examining inequities facing Native American youth in Washington’s criminal justice system. Find the first article here.
As a longtime Indigenous rights attorney, Gabe Galanda has seen it again and again. Native American kids find themselves accused of minor crimes, yet they’re given no off-ramp to avoid jail, and they become trapped in the juvenile justice system until they end up as adults in a Washington prison.
“It’s rinse-repeat,” Galanda says…