SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) — Oregon Secretary of State auditors are urging the Oregon Department of Corrections to develop a plan to move adults in custody out of prisons that pose significant health and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Living conditions in some of Oregon's prisons are uncomfortable at best, and deadly at worst, according to a new report released Wednesday. Auditors from the Oregon Secretary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem in June 2022. The Oregon Department of Corrections is studying a potential plan to replace ...

SALEM — The state has agreed to pay $295,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a transgender woman who was housed in an Oregon men’s prison and assigned to share a cell with a ...

Editor’s note: This story discusses sexual assault. If you’ve been sexually assaulted, you can call the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network helpline at 800-656 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) is reporting that 76-year-old James Bryon Coon died the morning of January 11, 2026, while on hospice care at the Oregon State ...

The state corrections department maintains it’s not taking an either-or approach to building more prisons or retrofitting them to comply with state earthquake protection standards. The Oregon State ...