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 Oregon Department of Corrections has tracked down 17 people it released from prison and put them back behind bars in a surprising roundup that follows confusion over a recent court ruling. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The DOC has also approved exemptions for nearly 16% of its workforce, or 713 employees, which corrections officials said were largely for religions reasons. The relatively low vaccination rate among ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Department of Corrections on behalf of people imprisoned in four of the state’s detention ...

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.

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 ...