Mill Creek Correctional Facility

44°52′34″N 122°58′26″W / 44.87611°N 122.97389°W / 44.87611; -122.97389Security classMinimum securityCapacity0ClosedJune 30, 2021Managed byOregon Department of CorrectionsCitySalemState/provinceOregon

Mill Creek Correctional Facility (MCCF) was a minimum-security prison located five miles southeast of Salem on 2,089 acres. The facility was a minimum-security work camp providing AIC labor to the Oregon Department of Corrections, other state and local agencies, and private industries throughout the Willamette Valley.

MCCF officially closed on June 30, 2021 as part of Governor Brown's sentencing reform efforts.

History

The Mill Creek facility was built on the site of the former Oregon State Training School, a reform school for boys.^[1] In August 2014, an inmate escaped from the minimum security facility.^[2]

References

^ "Department of Corrections Records Guide: Agency History > Current Organization > Institutions > Santiam/Mill Creek". Oregon State Archives. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
^ Young, Molly (August 9, 2014). "Inmate escapes Salem-area prison, search continues". The Oregonian. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

External links

Mill Creek Correctional Facility website at DOC at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2004-10-23)
History of Oregon's reform schools from Salem Public Library
Historic image of the Oregon State Training School from Salem Public Library