If the City of Seattle can find something else to do with low-level drug offenders besides putting them in jail, can we avoid building a new one entirely?
That's not only a question posed by I-100 (the new city initiative backed by Real Change), but the subject of a six-month inquiry by staff from several city departments.
A community advisory group formed by City Council to offer advice on lessening the jail population met Fri., Feb, 27, to begin looking at options, which could include pre-arrest invitations to treatment. The committee plans monthly meetings through June; the project team's report to Council is due July 31, 2009.