Oregon Department of Corrections agrees to $2.3 million settlement with mom whose son died while in custody

The lawsuit alleges that despite multiple documented warning signs, Grayson Painter was placed in solitary confinement and ...

Oregon settles for $2.3M after suicide of 22-year-old at OSCI

Oregon Department of Corrections will pay $2.3 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over the suicide death of a 22-year ...
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Oregon corrections work crew helps rescue injured hiker on Tillamook Co. trail

TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. — An Oregon Department of Corrections forestry work crew helped rescue a hiker who broke an ankle along a trail in the Tillamook State Forest earlier this month. According to ...
East Oregonian

Oregon DOC unlikely to close EOCI for budget reductions

PENDLETON — Despite a social media post circulating from podcast “Oregon D.O.G.E,” it’s unlikely the state will shut down Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution because of budget cuts. Residents in ...
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DOC to determine cause of death for 77-year-old inmate from Coos County at Snake River

An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody, Edward Lawrence Nelson, died the morning of August 25, 2025, the agency said Monday. Nelson was incarcerated at Snake River Correctional ...
Statesman Journal

Oregon Department of Corrections fires 2 top health care leaders following investigation

Oregon Department of Corrections leaders fired two top officials Monday, a move they said was part of reform efforts to address longstanding issues in the prison medical system. Prison officials fired ...
Arizona Daily Sun

Oregon Department of Corrections reorganizes health care division

Oregon Department of Corrections has fired two leading health care managers who oversaw a division responsible for the medical care of about 12,000 inmates in a dozen state prisons. The corrections ...
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Oregon inmate held in Pendleton, 57, dies in hospital, corrections officials say

Clark County Public Health is investigating a case of measles in Ridgefield. Trapped individual in tunnel under concrete deck escapes before rescue team reaches scene Portland Fire and Rescue ...
KTVZ

Oregon State Penitentiary inmate convicted in 2003 Bend robbery, kidnap and assault dies at 72

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A 72-year-old Oregon State Penitentiary inmate who was convicted and received a lengthy sentence in a 2003 robbery, kidnapping and assault in Bend died Wednesday morning at the ...
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‘Dangerous sex offender’ released years too early, Oregon official says

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Corrections is under fire over claims that the agency prematurely released a “dangerous sex offender” from custody. Jackson County District Attorney ...
The Bulletin

Doctor warned Oregon governor, corrections director of delayed cancer treatments for prisoners, poor care for women

A man whose diseased scalp resembled “an infected sponge of weeping” pus went without proper medical care for more than a year. Another developed tongue cancer after his early symptoms went ignored. A ...
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Oregon Department of Corrections denied incarcerated Muslims halal meals, visitation, lawsuit alleges

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Corrections is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly denying religious accommodations for three incarcerated Muslim men, according to court documents ...