An Oregon inmate briefly escaped from a work crew in Salem on Friday, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.

In a bipartisan effort, Oregon House of Representatives leaders Ben Bowman and Christine Drazen have asked the FBI to open a ...

Kotek's office said that the move was "in the interest of patient safety" after OHA shared information about a recent death ...

Two Oregon legislative leaders on Monday urged the new FBI director to open an investigation into the 1989 stabbing death of Oregon prisons chief Michael Francke, now that the conviction of Frank ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The interim superintendent and Chief Medical Officer for the Oregon State Hospital has resigned, and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) –The Department of Corrections disclosed Friday that a 71-year-old man died while in custody at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. David Dietrich was taken to the ...

Francke was stabbed to death outside his office in Salem. Then-Gov. Neil Goldschmidt had hired Francke, a former judge and ...

Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid star in "Happy Face," inspired by the life of Melissa Moore, daughter of serial killer Keith Jesperson.

Oregon State Police said they were investigating after a patient died Tuesday at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. The Oregon Health Authority said in a news release the person's death was ...

Security was informed Tuesday of suspected contraband and conducted a search of the Disciplinary Segregation Unit at the Oregon state prison in Madras.

A "suspicious substance" discovered Tuesday at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras caused a staff member to be briefly hospitalized, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.