Prison officials are investigating after an inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem died, Tuesday. The inmate has been ...

Lawson was serving a sentence for fatally stabbing his 22-year-old son in their Southeast Portland apartment in 2015.

Donald Jones, an inmate with the Oregon Department of Corrections, escaped from a work crew at the Pacific Pine Wood Mill in Lakeview on Monday morning.

Michael Cooper, a 75-year-old inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary, died on February 4, 2025, at a local hospital, according ...

Oregon corrections agency officials have fired two health care officials and plan a review of the system that cares for 12,000 inmates.

The Oregon Department of Corrections has fired two leading health care managers who oversaw a division responsible for the ...

The murderer formerly known as Steven Joseph Hayes says she's now at peace — though still haunted by the killings she regrets ...

Pelican Bay State Prison, founded in 1989, houses more than 2,000 medium, high and maximum-security inmates and is located just 13 miles from the Oregon-California border.

There are currently more than a hundred court cases involving prison inmates in the hands of the Attorney General’s office. Authorities investigating 35-year-old woman’s death A judge recently ...