The Oregon Department of Corrections is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly denying religious accommodations for three ...

The state Corrections Department, the suit alleges, regularly accommodates religious celebrations for other faith groups but ...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a federal lawsuit against the Oregon Dept. of Corrections on behalf of ...

A 72-year-old Oregon State Penitentiary inmate who was convicted and received a lengthy sentence in a 2003 robbery, ...

What we have experienced over the past two years makes clear to us that the Governor is not committed to urgent or long-lasting change," an attorney with the Oregon Justice Resource Center wrote.

An Oregon Department of Corrections forestry work crew helped rescue a hiker who broke an ankle along a trail in the ...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Department of Corrections leaders are pushing for a new state prison, asking state lawmakers to add it to the top of their priority list and see how much it would cost to ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections placed its chief of medicine and the assistant director for health services on paid administrative leave on Thursday, pending a human resources investigation.

The case asks whether the Oregon Constitution bars incarcerated individuals from recovering damages for lost prison job and training opportunities when prison officials breach settlement agreements ...