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The former top investigator at the Oregon Youth Authority failed to review and finalize more than 3,000 investigations into abuse complaints and almost a third of all cases opened since 2018 remain incomplete, according to records the agency released Thursday.
An internal audit in January led by Ken Jeske, an Oregon Department of Corrections administrator, found “significant” issues with OYA’s Professional Standards Office, which investigates youth reports of abuse…