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 ...

With an estimated 70% of male and 77% of female inmates in Oregon state prisons said to have substance use disorders, the ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections has agreed to pay a former correctional officer $500,000 to settle her sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against the agency. The case was scheduled for ...

To combat the flow of drugs into prisons, the Oregon Department of Corrections is considering a change to its mail rules that would prohibit inmates from receiving letters written with colored pencils ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Department of Corrections placed its chief of medicine and the assistant director for health services on paid administrative leave on Thursday, pending a human ...

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide or a mental health crisis, call or text 988 for free, immediate support 24/7. After Jesse Banks died alone in his cell at Oregon State ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A number of individuals who had been released from Oregon corrections facilities due to a change in resentencing policies have been re-incarcerated. The Oregon Department of ...

To combat the flow of drugs into prisons, Oregon Department of Corrections is considering a change to its mail rules that would prohibit inmates from receiving letters written with colored pencils or ...

This case in the Oregon Supreme Court centers on whether Article I, Section 41(3) of the Oregon Constitution, which provides that Oregon prisoners lack legally enforceable rights to prison jobs and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon corrections officials have disclosed that the personal information of 861 people was revealed in a data breach, but said “it does not appear individuals’ information is ...