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

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

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

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

Seven out of every 10 adults in the Oregon Department of Corrections have abused drugs or alcohol, and 1 out of 5 are classified as having severe mental health issues. People who are released from ...

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 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 ...

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.