Just last month, the mother of another man sued the agency, alleging a lack of mental health care led to his death at Oregon State Correctional Institution east of Salem. Also in December ...

The mother of an Oregon inmate who died in prison has filed a $4 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections, alleging the agency waited nearly a year to test and ...

On June 28, 2023, the agency transferred Painter to the Oregon State Correctional Institution, a 888-bed medium security facility three miles east of Salem. The next morning, a behavioral health ...

The board concluded in 2019 that Wilson was “likely to be rehabilitated.” He walked out of Oregon State Correctional ...

Correction Officer Andrew Lansing died after an inmate assault at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, according to a prepared statement shared on social media by Ohio Department of ...

That’s only a tiny fraction of the bills Eastern Oregon lawmakers are proposing as the state’s 83rd Legislature gets underway starting Tuesday, Jan. 21.

SALEM — On Dec. 26, the Oregon Appeals Court affirmed a lower court decision in Francisco Almanza-Garcia v. Jamie Miller, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution (Appeals case ...

Crews attack the Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon from the air and ground. (Courtesy of the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center) Five counties in eastern Oregon will get federal help paying for ...