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Coffee Creek Correctional Facility is a women's prison and prisoner intake center in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections, the 1,684-bed facility opened in 2001 at a campus. The selection of the location for the prison was controversial and included legal challenges. The minimum and medium security facility operates several programs designed to teach skills to inmates. Coffee Creek is the only women's prison in Oregon. ==History== Oregon needed to build a new women's prison and prisoner intake facility due to the increased demand for prison space created with the passage of Ballot Measure 11 in 1994 that imposed mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes.〔 The new prison was also designed to replace the 200-bed Oregon Women's Correctional Center in Salem.〔Gustafson, Alan. A minimum-security men's facility is planned. ''Statesman Journal'', April 22, 2000.〕 Originally, the plan called for building the prison in Salem, but lawmakers and politicians there successfully pushed to build it elsewhere.〔Gustafson, Alan. State hospital siting dispute resurrects a debate about Salem's image. ''Statesman Journal'', February 11, 2008.〕 State officials planned on building the prison at the site of the closed Dammasch State Hospital in Wilsonville, but later selected a site at the north end of Wilsonville in Washington County.〔Tims, Dana. Prison site testimony blistering; Witnesses at a Wilsonville hearing label the state's process to select a site for a women's prison a sham. ''The Oregonian'', September 10, 1999.〕 The process involved protracted battles over two legislative sessions and was settled when Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed a bill into law.〔Tims, Dana. What a year it was. ''The Oregonian'', December 30, 1999.〕 Groundbreaking on the complex was held on April 21, 2000.〔〔Tims, Dana. Building begins on new prison for women. ''The Oregonian'', April 22, 2000.〕 A final challenge to the location was rejected by the Oregon Supreme Court in September 2000.〔Tsao, Emily. State Supreme Court rejects three land-use challenges to Wilsonville prison site. ''The Oregonian'', September 1, 2000.〕 The former site selected at the former state hospital became the Villebois housing development.〔Brooks, Oakley. (The End of Smart Suburbs. ) ''Oregon Business'', Spring 2005.〕 In October 2001, Coffee Creek's minimum security wing opened, followed by the medium security wing and inmate intake center in April 2002 at the $171 million complex.〔Gustafson, Alan. Women's prison opens new wing. ''Statesman Journal'', April 19, 2002.〕 Delayed by three years due to the siting issue, the prison was officially dedicated in April 2002.〔Tims, Dana. Coffee Creek prison readied for dedication. ''The Oregonian'', April 5, 2002.〕 The construction project was an honorable mention in 2002 as the top public project in Oregon by ''Northwest Construction'' magazine.〔Public Project: Honorable Mention -- Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. ''Northwest Construction'', December 2002, Oregon Best of 2002; Vol. 5, No. 12; Pg. 21.〕 DLR Group designed the prison, and Hoffman Construction Company built the facility.〔Top Projects of 2000. ''Northwest Construction'', June, 2001, Features; Vol. 4, No. 6; Pg. 19.〕 Within a year of opening, the inmate population reached 1,015.〔Tims, Dana. Coffee Creek superintendent takes on prison challenges. ''The Oregonian'', November 14, 2002.〕 In August 2003, Coffee Creek had to install portable bathrooms for a day after mechanical problems prevented bathrooms from functioning properly.〔Bella, Rick. Plumbing problems disrupt prison. ''The Oregonian'', August 15, 2003.〕 From 2004 to 2006, several corrections officers were removed after accusations of sexual misconduct, with one victim reaching a settlement of $350,000 with the state.〔Gustafson, Alan. Some of the important local stories for 2006. ''Statesman Journal'', December 31, 2006.〕〔Gustafson, Alan. Halting prison sex scandals has far-reaching effects. ''Statesman Journal'', December 4, 2005.〕 In 2006, an additional 108 beds were added to the prison, with plans to add about 200 more by the year 2011.〔Walsh, Edward. Growth of prison population projected to taper off by 2015. ''The Oregonian'', June 8, 2006.〕 Nancy Howton was named the superintendent of Coffee Creek in November 2007.〔Kulla, Josh. (The new voice of authority. ) ''Wilsonville Spokesman'', November 28, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coffee Creek Correctional Facility」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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