State’s Juvenile Justice System Gets New Leader Following Scrutiny over Agency Abuse Investigations

State’s juvenile justice system gets new leader following scrutiny over agency abuse investigations

The Oregon Youth Authority runs MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn. At least 39 men who were formerly incarcerated there have filed civil lawsuits alleging they were abused by the facility’s chief doctor between 2002 and 2016. (Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital Chronicle)Oregon’s juvenile justice system has a new leader following Gov. Tina Kotek’s firing of its former director over a backlog of investigations into sexual abuse at the state…

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