The Oregon Department of Corrections has agreed to pay a former correctional officer $500,000 to settle her sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against the agency. The case was scheduled for ...

The second-ranking executive in the department files a tort claim alleging that investigators and prison officials made false statements about his son's employment at the agency. A new administrator ...

A state prisoner serving as a jailhouse lawyer, who was placed in solitary confinement over a toy phone considered contraband and use of library emails, was acting as an “inside agent” for a civil ...

DOC wants to move its adult education program in-house to save money in the face of a massive budget shortfall. The Oregon Department of Corrections is considering cutting ties with community colleges ...

The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) To combat the flow of drugs into prisons, the Oregon Department of Corrections is considering a change to its mail rules ...

A group of inmates with underlying medical conditions concerned about contracting COVID-19 filed a lawsuit Monday against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and the leaders at the Department of Corrections, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Department of Corrections on behalf of people imprisoned in four of the state’s detention ...

TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. — An Oregon Department of Corrections forestry work crew helped rescue a hiker who broke an ankle along a trail in the Tillamook State Forest earlier this month. According to ...

SALEM, Ore. — Two employees at the Oregon Department of Corrections accused the agency’s leadership team of misleading lawmakers, misusing taxpayer money, and creating a culture of bullying and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon corrections officials have disclosed that the personal information of 861 people was revealed in a data breach, but said “it does not appear individuals’ information is ...

This case in the Oregon Supreme Court centers on whether Article I, Section 41(3) of the Oregon Constitution, which provides that Oregon prisoners lack legally enforceable rights to prison jobs and ...