Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility
{{Short description|Juvenile correctional facility in Salem, Oregon}}
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Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility was a state-run juvenile correctional facility located in Salem, Oregon, United States, established in 1914. Hillcrest was run by the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA), Oregon's juvenile corrections agency. It was closed on September 1, 2017, and all youth, staff, and programs were moved to MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn as part of a major project to consolidate the two facilities.{{Cite web |last=Lehman |first=Chris |date=2017-09-01 |title=104-Year-Old Youth Detention Facility In Salem Closes |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/salem-oregon-youth-detention-facility-closes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214091220/https://www.opb.org/news/article/salem-oregon-youth-detention-facility-closes/ |archive-date=2019-02-14 |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=OPB |language=en-US}}
Hillcrest was originally founded as the State Industrial School for Girls, following the 1891 establishment of a boys' reformatory school. It later became co-gender in the 1970s, and served males ages 12–25 who were violent or in need of substance abuse treatment.{{cite web |title=Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility |url=http://www.oregon.gov/OYA/facilities/hillcrest.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609153405/http://www.oregon.gov/OYA/facilities/hillcrest.shtml |archive-date=2011-06-09 |accessdate=2009-09-24 |publisher=Oregon Youth Authority}} The facility had a budgeted capacity of 180 beds. Hillcrest also served as the location for statewide male intake and parole violator intake assessment for youth offenders.
Robert S. Farrell High School was located on site.
History
The facility originally opened as the State Industrial School for Girls in 1914.{{cite web |url= https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state/executive/youth-authority.aspx |title= Oregon Youth Authority: Agency History |publisher= Oregon Secretary of State |work= Oregon Blue Book (online) |accessdate= 2009-09-24}} It was the state's first reform school for girls.{{cite web |url= http://www.salemhistory.net/places/reform_school.htm |title= Salem Online History: Reform School |publisher= Salem Public Library |accessdate= 2009-09-24}} A boys' facility was opened 1891, and concern was expressed that there was a need for a similar institution for "erring daughters". 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.
The school was renamed Hillcrest School for Girls,{{cite web |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/Pages/board-of-control.aspx |title= Oregon State Board of Control Records Guide: Hillcrest School Correspondence |publisher= Oregon State Archives |accessdate= 2009-09-24}} and later the Hillcrest School of Oregon. The facility became co-gender in the mid-1970s.{{cite web |url= http://library.state.or.us/repository/2009/200901291645274/ |title= Issue Brief: Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility 2009 |publisher= Oregon Youth Authority |accessdate= 2009-09-24}} Hillcrest became an all-male facility in 2008, when Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility for female offenders was established in Albany.
Oversight
For part of its history, Hillcrest was managed by the Oregon State Board of Control.{{cite web |url= https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/Pages/board-of-control.aspx |title= Oregon State Board of Control Records Guide: Agency History |publisher= Oregon State Archives |accessdate= 2009-09-24}} Hillcrest was operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) from 1965–1971.{{cite web|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/Pages/corrections.aspx |title=Department of Corrections Records Guide: Agency History - Current Organization > Institutions |publisher=Oregon State Archives |accessdate=2009-09-24}} 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. 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. 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.
Notable residents
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References
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External links
- [http://www.oregon.gov/OYA/facilities/hillcrest.shtml Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility] (official website)
- [http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOBOX1=Hillcrest&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all Historic photos of Hillcrest] from Salem Public Library
- [https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/Pages/board-of-control.aspx Slideshow includes historic image of aftermath of riot at Hillcrest in 1955] from the Oregon State Archives
- [https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/Pages/board-of-control.aspx Slideshow includes image of Hillcrest girls cooking, circa 1965] from the Oregon State Archives
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=IazoAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA208 First Biennial Report of the Oregon State Board of Control], Acting Superintendent's Report: Oregon State Industrial School for Girls (1915)
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