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 ...

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 Justice Department has tapped Colette Peters, who serves as the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, to lead the federal Bureau of Prisons, according to a statement released by ...

Seven out of every 10 adults in the Oregon Department of Corrections have abused drugs or alcohol, and one out of five are classified as having severe mental health issues. People who are released ...

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

PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials said on Friday that 79.3% of the roughly 4,500 employees at the Oregon Department of Corrections are vaccinated against COVID-19. The DOC has approved exemptions for nearly ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — A sergeant with the Oregon Department of Corrections is facing misconduct charges, and detectives are asking for anyone with more information in the case to step forward.

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 ...

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 ...

A man who tested positive for the coronavirus while incarcerated at the Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem has died, state officials said. The state Department of Corrections said in a ...