With an estimated 70% of male and 77% of female inmates in Oregon state prisons said to have substance use disorders, the Oregon Department of Corrections newest pilot program is working to reduce the ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate serving a 30-year term for killing his girlfriend in Bend nearly 35 years ago has died in the Salem state prison, the Oregon Department of ...

Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the sentences of the 17 individuals on death row in the state. They will now serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. “I have long believed that ...

Oregon has agreed to a $295,000 settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by an incarcerated transgender woman who was subjected to abuse while housed in a state men’s prison. Zera Lola ...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Department of Corrections is planning a program to provide tablets to all inmates, with features split between free and paid access. Free access would include approved ...

The ruling directly conflicts with a Trump order requiring transgender inmates to be housed according to their assigned sex ...