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 ...

The Oregon Association of Community Corrections Directors and the Oregon District Attorneys Association both testified in favor of the overall program and its renewal, but they each opposed the ...

A once-prominent Manhattan art advisor who defrauded her wealthy clients of more than $6.5 million in a years-long scheme is heading to prison. Lisa Schiff, 54, a well-known contemporary art ...

She ordered that prison closed down. Prior to that, she ran Oregon’s state prison system.

A "suspicious substance" discovered Tuesday at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras caused a staff member to be briefly hospitalized, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.

A "suspicious substance" discovered Tuesday at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras caused a staff member to be briefly hospitalized, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. At ...