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 Jackson County District Attorney says the state has corrected a sentencing issue he first brought to light last month.

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 ...

An Oregon inmate died in the hospital on Thursday morning, state Department of Corrections officials said.Shawn Hamilton, 57, was being held at the Eastern Oreg ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...