A Snake River Correctional Institution worker searching a cell Friday morning was exposed to white powder that subsequently tested positive for fentanyl, the Oregon Department of Corrections said. The ...

Three women who work at Oregon’s largest prison are suing the Department of Corrections for $1.5 million alleging colleagues have subjected them to sexual assault, unwanted sexual contact and ...

A correctional officer at Snake River Correctional Institution was taken to the hospital today after coming into contact with fentanyl during a cell search.

The state's decision came after federal courts found that Drug Enforcement Administration agent Samuel Landis had federal ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections says that an adult in custody died on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Snake River ...

Senators rejected a GOP amendment to allow ICE transfers inside state prisons, reigniting a fight over Oregon's sanctuary law ...

Zachery Ty Bryan, known for his role on the sitcom "Home Improvement," was sentenced to 19 months in the Oregon Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a probation violation ...

More than 100 people gathered at the Oregon State Capitol Mall to honor the 25 people who have died in the last five months ...

A Eugene man was convicted of sexually assaulting a teen girl in the parking lot of a department store two years ago. Chase ...

Jonathan Gamez’s family was waiting outside the Columbia River Correctional Institution in February when he walked out the prison gates as a free man. He had just served a little over a year on a ...

One Pennsylvania man is accused of robbing graves and selling those remains, another pleaded guilty to buying and selling stolen remains as part of an internati ...

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