Why Salem’s Mill Creek Correctional Facility will be shuttered by July

Salem’s Mill Creek Correctional Facility opened in 1929. Now, the minimum-security facility is scheduled to close July 2021. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter)

With state officials aiming to cut Oregon’s prison population, Gov. Kate Brown is moving forward with closing three prisons including Salem’s Mill Creek Correctional Facility.

Mill Creek, a 2,000-acre minimum-security prison located on Salem’s southeast edge, will be the first shuttered under the governor’s plan and will close its doors by July of this…