WA pays $180K to fired head of youth prisons who alleged retaliation

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 835

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Washington state is settling for $180,000 with the former head of the state’s youth prison system after she alleged she was fired for raising concerns about longstanding overcrowding.

Felice Upton, then assistant secretary of juvenile rehabilitation at Washington’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, was fired in April 2025, without explanation, after five years at the agency. In her role, she oversaw the state’s then-two youth prisons: Echo Glen …

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