When the pandemic hit in 2020, Oregon’s largest juvenile correctional facility moved its library to a gear closet to make more space for social-distance learning.
The books have remained there since then and have been difficult for youth to access. A lot of them were damaged or have grown dusty and moldy.
Now, there is a renewed effort to make the library at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility accessible again and update the list of books youth in the state’s custody can read…