Report Prompts Changes At NORCOR Jail

Think Out Loud | Dec 18, 2017
Disability Rights Oregon released a report this week on conditions for juveniles detained at the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility (NORCOR). The report says, among other things, that “Conditions were harsher and more restrictive than any adult jail we had visited.” The NORCOR detention manager responded to the report with a letter disputing some of the findings. We hear from Sarah Radcliffe, a lawyer with Disability Rights Oregon and author of the report.

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