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 ...

Oregon Department of Corrections leaders fired two top officials Monday, a move they said was part of reform efforts to address longstanding issues in the prison medical system. Prison officials fired ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections says that 64-year-old Geoffery Don House died this morning at the Snake River ...

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 ...

Oregon Department of Corrections has fired two leading health care managers who oversaw a division responsible for the medical care of about 12,000 inmates in a dozen state prisons. The corrections ...

An Oregon man who was released from prison but then re-arrested as state lawyers and corrections leaders grappled with a ...

Amid a statewide budget crunch with departments asked to present options to cut 2.5% and 5% of their expenses, representatives from the Oregon Youth Authority and Oregon Department of Corrections ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Burning nearly 65,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, the Cram Fire in Central Oregon is threatening a nearby correctional facility in Jefferson County, according to the sheriff ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections prison guard who fatally shot his teenage daughter and himself late last year was under investigation for allegations of misconduct involving women prisoners, ...