The state of Oregon this week agreed to pay $49 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the state failed to protect ...

A former correctional officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary was found guilty of murder in the 2024 shooting of his brother ...

Oregon’s top federal prosecutor this month slammed the state’s sanctuary law that has barred the Oregon prison system from ...

Oregon State Penitentiary’s debate club were hungry for a big win at their annual college debate tournament this year. Four teams faced each other in the championship round on Oct. 13. Two teams were ...

Most of the $49 million settlement will go to settle wrongful death cases for people who died from COVID-19 while in an Oregon prison.

A former correctional officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem was found guilty Friday of fatally shooting his ...

The state of Oregon has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit and agreed to pay a male inmate $295,000 after he was assigned to share a jail cell with a sex offender. Zera Zombie, a biological male ...

Oregon has agreed to a $295,000 settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by an incarcerated transgender woman who was subjected to abuse while housed in a state men’s prison. Zera Lola ...