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Benjamin Danielson

Benjamin Danielson is a Professor of Practice at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, and Center Director of the Allies in Healthier Systems for Health & Abundance in Youth in Seattle.

9/2/2025

Closing Youth Prisons Opens Opportunities for America’s Youth

By Benjamin Danielson, Karin Martin and Emily Johnson

Two young men work out in a “recreational cage” at the now-shuttered N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in 2004. Photo by Wirestock, Inc.