Report: 14% of youth at Oregon correctional facility report sex abuse within past year

More than seven percent of teens in juvenile detention facilities reported being sexually victimized in 2018, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Included in the report were numbers for specific facilities in Oregon, one of which stood out.

According to the report, 14% of youth surveyed at Oak Creek Youth Correction Facility in Albany reported being sexually victimized within the past 12 months.

Authors
Simon Gutierrez
Type
News
Standards
None
State
Oregon
Facility
Juvenile Facility
Terms
Report
Juvenile
Youth
Sexual abuse