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Oregon Juvenile Facility Warden Indicted; Youth Authority Director Resigns
Oregon Juvenile Facility Warden Indicted; Youth Authority Director Resigns
by Mark Wilson
From 2000 to 2007, Darrin Humphreys served as warden of the RiverBend Youth Detention Center, a 50-bed Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) facility in LaGrande, Oregon.
Supervisors were so impressed with his performance that they promoted him to …
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- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
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- CMS Fails to Treat MRSA Infection; Florida Jail Prisoner Dies
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- Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids”, by David Reutter
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- Ohio Court Finds Three-Drug Execution Protocol Violates Prisoners’ State Rights
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- Washington State’s Criminal Libel Statute Held Unconstitutional; Prisoner Disciplinary Conviction Vacated, by John Dannenberg
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