Hundreds of Oregon prisoners see sentences shaved by days, even years under new court ruling

The Oregon Department of Corrections has quietly reexamined the sentences of the vast majority of the state’s prisoners after ...
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Oregon prisons face lawsuit over denial of Muslim inmates’ Halal meals, holiday visits

The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Oregon chapter announced a federal lawsuit alleging a lack of meal accommodations against Oregon's Department of Corrections in early July. (Getty Images) ...

Another 6 former inmates sue Oregon Youth Authority, alleging sexual abuse and a cover-up

Like many previous lawsuits, the complaint includes allegations that OYA staff were aware of abuse by "Dr. Cold Fingers," a ...

Inside Oregon’s oldest prison: 114-degree cells and $13M annual repairs

Leaders of the Oregon Department of Corrections this year floated for the first time the idea of eventually replacing the ...
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Huskey v. Oregon Department of Corrections

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 ...

Board revokes certification for 10 Oregon, Salem public safety officers

A former Salem Police officer, two former Marion County Sheriff's deputies and two former Oregon State Police troopers were ...
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Oregon corrections work crew helps rescue injured hiker on Tillamook Co. trail

TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. — An Oregon Department of Corrections forestry work crew helped rescue a hiker who broke an ankle along a trail in the Tillamook State Forest earlier this month. According to ...
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‘Really unpredictable’: Central Oregon fire threatens correctional facility, sheriff warns

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 ...