The protest, organized by Rise & Resist, is the latest in a series across the country coordinated by a variety of grassroots ...

Charlotte Thrasher most recently served as superintendent of the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor.

Two Oregon legislative leaders on Monday urged the new FBI director to open an investigation into the 1989 stabbing death of ...

Two Oregon legislators urged the FBI to investigate the 1989 killing of prison director Michael Francke in Salem.

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 ...

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

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

Oregon lawmakers on Monday asked FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate the 1989 murder of the state’s top prison official.

Governor Tina Kotek (speaking on leadership changes at the Oregon State Hospital) at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

Sara Walker, the interim superintendent and chief medical officer at the hospital, resigned on Friday, April 11. She will be ...