"Out-of-control warden" · 29 May 08
A recent story by Ashbel Green and Harry Esteve at the Oregonian used a police report and internal documents to expose corruption at a youth detention facility. According to the story, Darrin Humphreys, a former superintendent at the RiverBend youth detention center in La Grande, stole property, abused inmates for labor, took a kickback from a contractor and threatened potential whistle-blowers. Humphreys is also accused of misusing a public cell phone and falsifying travel to leverage mileage reimbursement. A nice second look at an agency that promised cultural overhaul two years ago after a scandal involving sexual abuse of boys by a probation officer.
Lee van der Voo