The Oregon Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a wrongful death and negligence suit filed by the mother of a man who died by suicide while in solitary confinement at a ...

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 ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections Health Services Division is in the midst of an overhaul of the department, with reforms that have already resulted in progress in care as well as fewer lawsuits ...

An adult in custody has died at the Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Corrections is under fire over claims that the agency prematurely released a “dangerous sex offender” from custody. Jackson County District Attorney ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bridget McDermott sued the Oregon Department of Corrections for $1.9 million in May 2025, alleging the department illegally ...

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 is known for some of the strongest labor protections for workers in the nation, though the state does not require union membership from public employees The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned ...

ONTARIO — The men in the blues filed in and filled the bleachers, rows of denim stamped with the shield of the Oregon Department of Corrections and a single word in orange: “Inmate.” A few sat at a ...