Prison News | Oregon
Recent events, organized by category (below) or region/state (right), concerning the corrections industry in Oregon. Comments, suggestions and contributions (below) appreciated.
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Education & Rehabilitation
Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty
Gangs in Prison
Health & Medical Treatment
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Prison Classification, Placement, & Release
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Oregon�s prison population beginning to decrease -- Study suggests additional reductions would not increase crime rate
In November 2008, there were 13,615 inmates in Oregon prisons. Five years later, the number of Oregon inmates reached its all-time high of 14,707. Since then, thanks in part to 2013 legislative reforms easing mandatory minimum sentences on certain drug and property crimes, the total has gradually ticked down to 14,632 as of July 1....
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Bend Bulletin,
Saturday, August 9, 2014
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Oregon Legislature approves budget for state police, attorneys and prisons
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Three big budgets have cleared a final legislative hurdle. The Senate on Friday approved budgets for state police, attorneys and prisons. The lion's share of the nearly $2 billion from the state's general fund in the three ......
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Associated Press,
Friday, June 21, 2013
Prison Conditions & Corruption
Prison Life & Culture
Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
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Only person arrested in Oregon District massacre to remain jailed
For a second time, a federal court has denied a release bid for the only person to be jailed so far in the investigation of the August Oregon District mass shooting....
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Dayton Daily News,
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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NE Ore. prison on lockdown after inmate fight
UMATILLA, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon Corrections Department spokeswoman says a northeast Oregon prison is on lockdown after a fight involving two dozen inmates broke out Wednesday in a housing unit....
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Associated Press,
Thursday, April 17, 2014
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Suspect identified in Oregon inmate's death
Joseph Akins, a 45-year-old convicted murderer, was found dead Saturday at the Salem prison. Cellmate Craig Bjork was immediately placed in a segregation unit at the prison, but he was not publicly named as the suspect until Wednesday....
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Associated Press,
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Man who escaped from jail in trash can gets time added to sentence
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - An inmate who spent more than a month on the run after escaping from a Roseburg jail in a trash bin will now spend almost a decade in state prison....
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Associated Press,
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Suicides in Prison
Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News
No recent news for Oregon in this category.