PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson announced on Monday that a grand jury will investigate the conditions and management of the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn.
The complex, which is the largest youth prison in the state, is run by the Oregon Youth Authority.
Clarkson says she has “grown increasingly concerned regarding the safety of youth placed at MacLaren,” after the DA’s office received over 100 investigations of potential criminal conduct…