Kip Kinkel makes shift to state prison.Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. Shooting On May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools. shooter Kip Kinkel Kipland Philip Kinkel (born August 30, 1982) is an American spree killer who became the youngest person in Oregon history to receive a de facto life sentence without parole. was transferred Monday to a state prison from the youth correctional facility where he had been held since 1999. Kinkel, 24, is an inmate at Oregon State Correctional Institution Noun 1. correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention - an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile just east of Salem. The 895-bed, medium-security facility traditionally houses young male offenders, including those moved from state juvenile facilities to adult prison, corrections officials said. Kinkel, who was 15 at the time of the May 21, 1998, shootings at Thurston High School in Springfield, was convicted in 1999 of multiple counts of murder and attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. with a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. . A Lane County Circuit Court judge sentenced Kinkel to nearly 112 years in prison, meaning that he could not be released before 2110. Kinkel fatally shot two Thurston students and wounded 25 others during his rampage. The night before, he killed his parents in their home east of Springfield. Kinkel had been held at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility is a correctional facility in Woodburn, Oregon. MacLaren incarcerates males from ages 13 to 25 who have committed crimes ranging from drug possession to shop lifting to murder. in Woodburn since November 1999. There, he was assigned to a high-level treatment program for violent offenders, said Phil Lemman, the Oregon Youth Authority's deputy director. Kinkel turns 25 in August. Under state law, the youth authority may only have custody of offenders who are younger than 25. Lemman said another factor that led to Kinkel's transfer to adult prison was that he recently completed an educational program at MacLaren. "This was a good transition point," Lemman said. Youth Authority and Department of Corrections officials said they agreed the Oregon State Correctional Institution was the most appropriate adult facility for Kinkel. At the Salem-area prison, Kinkel is initially being housed as part of the general inmate population. During the next month, Kinkel will undergo a series of assessments to determine the course of his incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. . "He will be placed in an appropriate program following evaluation," state Department of Corrections spokeswoman Perrin Damon said. Like most adults sentenced to long terms in Oregon's prison system, Kinkel could ultimately be transferred to another state facility, Damon said. |
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