Tag: Facilities
Acceso lingüístico en OYA
La comunicación multilingüe es importante para la misión general de la Correccional Juvenil de Oregon (Oregon Youth Authority (OYA, por sus siglas en inglés)) para que los jóvenes sean responsables y tengan oportunidades para la comunicación de información, procesos y prácticas de reformación. La OYA valora y apoya la diversidad, y busca ofrecer los servicios ...
Language Access at OYA
Multilingual communication is important to OYA’s overall mission of holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for communicating reformative information, processes, and practices. OYA values and supports diversity and seeks to provide language-specific and culturally appropriate services for youth and their families. As a result, we have a multifaceted approach to language access. OYA’s Office of ...
OYA Celebrates Black History Month
The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans and Labor, focuses on the different and profound ways that Black peoples’ labor benefits our society. This includes labor of all kinds, compensated and uncompensated, from leadership in numerous industries to community building and mutual aid, to the contribution to and expansion of a unique cultural movement ...
OYA Mentoring Builds Trust, Inspires Growth
January was National Mentoring Month, and mentoring plays a transformative role in the lives of OYA youth. Justice-involved youth often face significant challenges, including trauma, instability, and limited positive role models. Research from the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators underscores the importance of structured mentorship in reducing recidivism and supporting long-term success. By fostering trust ...
Celebrating the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
On Monday, January 20, 2025, we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy. Dr. King was a phenomenal leader who understood that the struggle for equality and justice was more than just about the present moment. One of his more famous quotes was exactly about this: “The arc of the moral universe is long, ...