The state has agreed to pay $122,500 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a prisoner who accused a supervisor in the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution of sexually harassing and abusing ...

The Statesman Journal spoke to one of five people suing the Oregon Department of Corrections for its solitary confinement program. Here's what he said.

After a gang fight erupted in a housing unit at Snake River Correctional Institution in Oregon, officers locked down the area ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Justice Department taps Oregon Corrections head as new Bureau of Prisons director The Justice Department has tapped Colette Peters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton. The Oregon Department of Corrections has agreed to pay a former ...

Oregon has reached a $49 million settlement after lawsuits alleged the Oregon Department of Corrections failed to minimize ...

The change comes as a result of a 2021 class-action lawsuit that resulted in refunding $77,041 to 870 people currently in prison. The Oregon Department of Corrections will no longer force prisoners to ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — A sergeant with the Oregon Department of Corrections is facing misconduct charges, and detectives are asking for anyone with more information in the case to step forward.

Seven out of every 10 adults in the Oregon Department of Corrections have abused drugs or alcohol, and one out of five are classified as having severe mental health issues. People who are released ...

A state prisoner serving as a jailhouse lawyer, who was placed in solitary confinement over a toy phone considered contraband and use of library emails, was acting as an “inside agent” for a civil ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) –The Department of Corrections disclosed Friday that a 71-year-old man died while in custody at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. David Dietrich was taken to the infirmary ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Oregon corrections officer received a lifetime hunting ban on Wednesday after pleading guilty to several poaching-related charges. Christopher Matson, 49, of Umatilla, ...