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[http://www.oregon.gov/oya/pages/facilities/hillcrest.aspx '''Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility'''] is one of Oregon’s largest close custody correctional facilities for youth and sits on 30 wooded acres in [[Salem, Oregon]]. The facility has 80 intake beds and 100 long-term beds for male youth aged 13 to 24, and is one of 10 close custody facilities operated around the state by the [[Oregon Youth Authority]] (OYA). Youth at Hillcrest live in group settings and many of their daily activities are conducted within living units, of which there are seven at Hillcrest YCF. A range of reformation, treatment and education services are provided to youth by OYA staff, teachers and contracted providers. Hillcrest also serves as the location for statewide male intake and parole violator intake assessment for youth. Hillcrest YCF offers a balanced approach in providing services that emphasize public safety, holding youth accountable, and providing treatment to youth so that they may be returned successfully to their community.
'''Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility''' is a state-run [[Juvenile delinquency|juvenile]] [[prison|correctional facility]] located in [[Salem, Oregon]], United States. Hillcrest is run by the [[Oregon Youth Authority]] (OYA), Oregon's juvenile corrections agency.


Education services are offered onsite at [[Robert S. Farrell High School]], a fully accredited high school operated by the [http://www.wesd.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=1 Willamette Education Service District] (WESD). The school is named after [[Robert S. Farrell, Jr.]] who served at [[Oregon Secretary of State]] from 1943 until his death in 1947.
Currently Hillcrest serves males ages 12–25 who are violent or in need of substance abuse treatment.<ref name=HC>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregon.gov/OYA/facilities/hillcrest.shtml |title= Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility |publisher= [[Oregon Youth Authority]] |accessdate= 2009-09-24}}</ref> The facility has a budgeted capacity of 180 beds.<ref name=HC/> Hillcrest also serves as the location for statewide male intake and parole violator intake assessment for youth offenders.<ref name=HC/>


As well as the high school, the facility includes an administration building, a gymnasium, one living unit for intake youth, seven living units for long-term youth offenders, medical, dental, and mental health clinics, kitchen, dining room, canteen, maintenance and warehouse areas, a chapel, and areas for recreation.
[[Robert S. Farrell High School]] is located on site.

OYA’s [http://www.oregon.gov/oya/pages/oms.aspx Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations] (OIIR), whose mission is to provide and promote organizational, equitable, and inclusive practices, helps ensure youth may continue practicing their cultural beliefs, such as participating in Native America tribal pow wows and [[chanunpa|chanupa]] ceremonies. Continuing cultural customs can be key to a youth’s success within OYA care and custody and beyond after release. OYA’s African American Advisory Committee and Hispanic Advisory Committee are located onsite at Hillcrest YCF to help make culturally relevant services available to youth and staff.

OYA is led by [http://www.oregon.gov/oya/pages/newsroom/leadership.aspx Fariborz Pakseresht]. Hillcrest’s superintendent is Troy Gregg.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 22:33, 3 June 2015

Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility is one of Oregon’s largest close custody correctional facilities for youth and sits on 30 wooded acres in Salem, Oregon. The facility has 80 intake beds and 100 long-term beds for male youth aged 13 to 24, and is one of 10 close custody facilities operated around the state by the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA). Youth at Hillcrest live in group settings and many of their daily activities are conducted within living units, of which there are seven at Hillcrest YCF. A range of reformation, treatment and education services are provided to youth by OYA staff, teachers and contracted providers. Hillcrest also serves as the location for statewide male intake and parole violator intake assessment for youth. Hillcrest YCF offers a balanced approach in providing services that emphasize public safety, holding youth accountable, and providing treatment to youth so that they may be returned successfully to their community.

Education services are offered onsite at Robert S. Farrell High School, a fully accredited high school operated by the Willamette Education Service District (WESD). The school is named after Robert S. Farrell, Jr. who served at Oregon Secretary of State from 1943 until his death in 1947.

As well as the high school, the facility includes an administration building, a gymnasium, one living unit for intake youth, seven living units for long-term youth offenders, medical, dental, and mental health clinics, kitchen, dining room, canteen, maintenance and warehouse areas, a chapel, and areas for recreation.

OYA’s Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations (OIIR), whose mission is to provide and promote organizational, equitable, and inclusive practices, helps ensure youth may continue practicing their cultural beliefs, such as participating in Native America tribal pow wows and chanupa ceremonies. Continuing cultural customs can be key to a youth’s success within OYA care and custody and beyond after release. OYA’s African American Advisory Committee and Hispanic Advisory Committee are located onsite at Hillcrest YCF to help make culturally relevant services available to youth and staff.

OYA is led by Fariborz Pakseresht. Hillcrest’s superintendent is Troy Gregg.

History

The facility originally opened as the State Industrial School for Girls in 1914.[1] It was the state's first reform school for girls.[2] A boys' facility was opened 1891, and concern was expressed that there was a need for a similar institution for "erring daughters".[2] The girls' facility opened in 1913 in the old Polytechnic Building on the grounds of the Oregon School for the Deaf while Hillcrest was being built.[1]

The school was renamed Hillcrest School for Girls,[3] and later the Hillcrest School of Oregon.[4] The facility became co-gender in the mid-1970s.[5] Hillcrest became an all-male facility in 2008, when Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility for female offenders was established in Albany.[5]

Oversight

For part of its history, Hillcrest was managed by the Oregon State Board of Control.[6] Hillcrest was operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) from 1965–1971.[4] When the Children's Services Division in the Department of Human Resources (now the Oregon Department of Human Services) was created, it took over oversight of the facility from the DOC.[4] In 1995, a bill was introduced in the Oregon State Legislature that would establish an independent department, the Oregon Youth Authority, to administer Oregon's youth correctional facilities.[1] The bill became law that same year and the Oregon Youth Authority became a division of the Oregon Department of Human Resources. In 1996, the Oregon Youth Authority became an independent department of the State of Oregon.[1] The OYA is currently the agency in charge of Hillcrest.[7]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Oregon Youth Authority: Agency History". Oregon Blue Book (online). Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  2. ^ a b "Salem Online History: Reform School". Salem Public Library. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  3. ^ "Oregon State Board of Control Records Guide: Hillcrest School Correspondence". Oregon State Archives. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  4. ^ a b c "Department of Corrections Records Guide: Agency History - Current Organization > Institutions". Oregon State Archives. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  5. ^ a b "Issue Brief: Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility 2009". Oregon Youth Authority. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  6. ^ "Oregon State Board of Control Records Guide: Agency History". Oregon State Archives. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference HC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Brite, Poppy Z. (1998). Courtney Love: The Real Story. Simon & Schuster. p. 34. ISBN 0-684-84800-7.

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