Former OYA worker accused of sexual misconduct, providing guns, contraband

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Oregon Youth Authority employee is accused of sexual misconduct, providing contraband to inmates and supplying a former inmate with guns upon their release.

On Wednesday, Cherie MacDougall, 42, was arraigned in a Marion County court after a grand jury indicted her on multiple charges stemming from an investigation back in 2022, the Marion County District Attorney’s Office said.

“According to a court exhibit, MacDougall was paid by incarcerated individuals to provide them with vaping devices.  She later provided [someone] with two firearms after that individual was released from custody on conditional release in the community. The grand jury also indicted MacDougall for engaging in a sexual relationship with that same person,” the Marion County DA said in a statement.

A judge has imposed a $100,000 bail and the next court date is scheduled for September 11 in Salem.

MacDougall’s employment with OYA’s MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility ended on May 10, 2023.

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McDougall is facing charges that include three counts of supplying contraband, three counts of conspiracy to supply contraband, two counts of first-degree custodial sexual misconduct and two counts of felon in possession of a firearm.