Oregon Department of Corrections plans mail changes to curb drugs in prisons
To combat the flow of drugs into prisons, the Oregon Department of Corrections is considering a change to its mail rules that ...
Inside the Oregon Department of Corrections’ push to build a new state penitentiary
DOC leaders want lawmakers to see how much it would cost to repair or replace the state prison in Salem, saying it's ...
2 deputy directors of Oregon’s public safety certification agency fired, a training coordinator resigned
In a cryptic memo to staff, the director of the state’s public safety certification agency wrote that his two deputy ...
Tillamook supervisor guilty of contraband scheme at inmate forest camp
A man found guilty of trading cigarettes for cash from inmates at a minimum-security forest prison camp has been sentenced to ...
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Suspicious Deaths at Oregon Prison Signal Alarming Rise in Inmate Drug Use
Elijah Roberts bought an engagement ring and proposed to his girlfriend, Brittany, in the months before his incarceration at ...
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Two deputy directors at Oregon police certification agency are fired; third employee resigns
Two deputy directors at the Oregon agency that trains and certifies police officers were fired last month and a third ...
Man sentenced for fatally shooting 2 in case of mistaken identity
Mistaking the victims for two people he had a grudge against, Bennett Miller fired 10 shots into their car, fatally wounding ...
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Man sentenced to life in prison for 2023 Portland double murder of ‘incredible individuals’
Miller was transferred to the Oregon Department of Corrections and will have the ability to request parole after serving the ...
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'Poisons in our community': Man found guilty of drug trafficking, officials say
Deputies said on Tuesday, Sept. 17, David Brown Banks was found guilty by a Yancey County jury of trafficking in opium or ...
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Public invicted to visit 9/11 memorial at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training invites the public to visit the 9/11 ...
US Man Faces Death In First Of Five Executions Over Next Week
A man convicted of the murder of a store clerk is to be put to death by lethal injection in South Carolina on Friday, one of ...
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Firefighter labor shortage strains Oregon fire crews
A national firefighter labor shortage is making it harder to suppress massive wildfires across the West, with fewer federal teams that Oregon can ask for help.