Youth in Oregon juvenile justice system filed 956 complaints this year

Youth in Oregon juvenile justice system filed 956 complaints this year

There have been 956 reports of mistreatment and complaints made by youth in custody of the state’s juvenile justice system this year. It’s the highest number of complaints filed since 2019, ranging from reports of abuse to complaints about the conditions of the facility. Earlier this year, news broke that there was a massive backlog of complaints at the Oregon Youth Authority that weren’t fully investigated. A spokesman for the youth authority s…