Lawyer Jose Cienfuegos asked the state's top corrections official to stop any additional early releases and return to custody ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Corrections is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly denying religious accommodations for three incarcerated Muslim men, according to court documents ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections has quietly reexamined the sentences of the vast majority of the state’s prisoners after a court ruling this summer, sometimes shaving years off a prisoner’s time ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Burning nearly 65,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, the Cram Fire in Central Oregon is threatening a nearby correctional facility in Jefferson County, according to the sheriff ...

Earlier this month, Brett Hollins embarked on a road trip to Oregon from his parents’ home in San Antonio. He didn’t come to experience the high desert splendor of Central Oregon or to snap selfies at ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A 72-year-old Oregon State Penitentiary inmate who was convicted and received a lengthy sentence in a 2003 robbery, kidnapping and assault in Bend died Wednesday morning at the ...

Four employees of the Oregon Department of Corrections were evaluated after having reactions from being exposed to a "suspicious" substance July 16 that was found in the mail at Two Rivers ...