Oregon’s heatwave has hit prison inmates particularly hard. Inmates have lodged complaints about sweltering temperatures over the past several days, prompting prison lawyers to call on legislators to ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections is reporting that an inmate at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility died on December 3.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s two U.S. Senators are asking the new director of the federal Bureau of Prisons about recent allegations that guards at the federal prison in Sheridan have retaliated against ...

Two Oregon inmates on a work crew Wednesday became intoxicated from the alcohol from hand sanitizer, then stole a four-wheeler before deputies caught them later in the day, The Bulletin reported.

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

Since COVID-19 lockdowns started in April of 2020, the global pandemic has taken its toll inside Oregon’s only federal prison. Those in custody report “dangerous and unbearable conditions” that “could ...

Ten prison inmates dug into Medical Lake soil Thursday, placed ponderosa pine seedlings and packed dirt around them to secure the plantings in place. About an hour later, 400 seedlings had been ...

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) is looking for an inmate who walked away from the Oregon State Penitentiary. Benjamin Dean Woods walked away from an Oregon Corrections ...

Families of inmates at two Oregon prisons are now able to schedule limited visits with their loved ones, and a third prison will soon follow suit. Jennifer Black, an Oregon Department of Corrections ...

Oregon's Department of Corrections oversees the state penitentiary and more than 10 other prisons. (Oregon Department of Corrections) This story contains details of a sexual assault. A former Oregon ...

SALEM, Ore. — A former Oregon Department of Corrections nurse was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting nine female inmates while working at a correctional facility.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Oregon prisons have felt the impact, with reports from inmates saying conditions are “unbearable.” Some of those in custody say there’s a lack of concern for ...