The Oregon Department of Corrections is reporting that an inmate at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility died on December 3.

The effort began over the weekend when the department issued a total of 20 warrants for people in nine counties. Most were on ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections says that 64-year-old Geoffery Don House died this morning at the Snake River ...

The corrections department has again recalculated sentences for hundreds of prisoners. That means some people are going back to prison.

Sentences are being recalculated for hundreds of current or former Oregon prison inmates after a state Supreme Court ...

Oregon's Department of Corrections oversees the state penitentiary and more than 10 other prisons. (Oregon Department of Corrections) This story contains details of a sexual assault. A former Oregon ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - An Oregon inmate briefly escaped from a work crew in Salem on Friday, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. Shortly before 12:30 p.m., ODOC said Steven Timothy Gant ...

Oregon has evacuated more than 2,500 prison inmates due to wildfires. The experience was harrowing, families say, as inmates faced unsanitary and... Oregon Inmates Evacuate Amid Wildfires DAVID GREENE ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Incarcerated people in Oregon will have access to health care up to 90 days before their release from correctional facilities across the state. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department ...

Whoville comes to life in Scappoose with grand opening at Watts House The historic Watts House in Scappoose has transformed into a real-life Whoville, inspired by Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary may be positive for tuberculosis, officials with the Oregon Department of Corrections said. After Oregon State Penitentiary officials ...

A former prison inmate in Oregon is suing in federal court over alleged sexual abuse by a prison doctor. Getty Images/istockphoto A former prison inmate in Oregon is suing over alleged sexual abuse by ...