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Oregon Youth Authority Warden Gives Agency a Black Eye
Loaded on June 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2010, page 34
A “rising star” at the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) pleaded guilty to six criminal offenses and was sentenced to four months in jail, probation and 160 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $11,500 in restitution. He gave OYA “a black eye that is going to be difficult to ...
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Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Work,
Prison Labor,
Juvenile Prisons.
Location:
Oregon.
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