Comment on State's biggest youth prison gets $52 million upgrade, including new 'cottages'

State's biggest youth prison gets $52 million upgrade, including new 'cottages'

The work is part of a massive $99 million overhaul of the Oregon Youth Authority's nine prisons and transitional programs that began two years ago and extends through the next four years. The undertaking represents the largest investment in youth corrections since the mid-1990s, when the Oregon Legislature signed off on five new institutions -- a response to the rising juvenile crime rate.

 

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