A Snake River Correctional Institution worker searching a cell Friday morning was exposed to white powder that subsequently ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Corrections is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly denying religious accommodations for three incarcerated Muslim men, according to court documents ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections says that an adult in custody died on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Snake River ...

Jonathan Gamez’s family was waiting outside the Columbia River Correctional Institution in February when he walked out the prison gates as a free man. He had just served a little over a year on a ...

Three incarcerated Muslim men in late June sued the Oregon Department of Corrections in federal court on the grounds of religious discrimination, teeing up the most forceful effort yet to mandate ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Corrections will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a 22-year-old who died by suicide inside a black box solitary cell. The ...

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 ...

A correctional officer at Snake River Correctional Institution was taken to the hospital today after coming into contact with ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Burning nearly 65,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, the Cram Fire in Central Oregon is threatening a ...