Experts say poor data reporting practices have kept educational institutions from truly confronting their role in exposing kids to the criminal justice system.
The letter, signed by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, also calls for the completion of the investigation into last year's death of a Russian asylum seeker.
Bartell Drugs and Uwajimaya are victims of the city's refusal to enforce criminal laws.
But no one knows yet how to pay for it.
The city has scaled back prosecutions of low-level crimes — for good reason. But without scaling up diversion programs, a backlash is inevitable.
