Oregon pays $295,000 to settle transgender woman’s lawsuit stemming from alleged prison abuse

The state has agreed to pay $295,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a transgender woman who was housed in ...

Former Oregon prison guard sentenced to over 12 years for child sex abuse

A former federal corrections officer was sentenced to over 12 years in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing a child under the ...

Oregon prison workers allege ‘code of silence’ protected serial abuser

A $1.5 million lawsuit alleges sexual assault, retaliation and a deep culture of silence at Snake River Correctional ...
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Q&A: Department of Corrections’ Chief Medical Officer on Treating COVID-19 in Oregon Prisons

On Tuesday, Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) reported its first positive case of COVID-19 in a prison employee. “We have been preparing for this day for the last several weeks,” wrote ODOC ...
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Former federal corrections officer sentenced to 12 years for child sex abuse

Former federal corrections officer Peter Nicholas Fles, Jr. was sentenced to 12 years in prison for two counts of ...
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Suspected fentanyl found in prison cell search sends Snake River officer to hospital

Drivers along State Route 14 in SW Washington faced delays Saturday afternoon after a small plane made an emergency landing on the highway near Vancouver. 20-year-old hospitalized after Vancouver ...