Mill Creek Correctional Facility

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.  

Mill Creek Correctional Facility

Location in Oregon
Location	Salem, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	44°52′34″N 122°58′26″W
Security class	Minimum security
Capacity	0
Closed	June 30, 2021
Managed by	Oregon Department of Corrections
City	Salem
State/province	Oregon

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. In August 2014, an inmate escaped from the minimum security facility.

See also

• Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility
• Mill Creek (Marion County, Oregon)
• Oregon Department of Corrections

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