Jonathan Gamez’s family was waiting outside the Columbia River Correctional Institution in February when he walked out the prison gates as a free man. He had just served a little over a year on a ...

Zachery Ty Bryan, known for his role on the sitcom "Home Improvement," was sentenced to 19 months in the Oregon Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a probation violation ...

A man convicted of rape, kidnapping and other charges died in the infirmary of an Oregon prison Sunday evening, the state ...

Jurors might have returned a different verdict in inmate Sean Hoard's excessive force case against two prison officers had they received the proper instructions, the appeals panel found. Mark Buckner, ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections agreed to pay a record $2.75 million to the family of a man who died from the flu at the Oregon State Penitentiary and has apologized for the man's "needless and ...

The Oregon Supreme Court on Dec. 22 ordered the release of two incarcerated people convicted of crimes in Marion County who were rearrested months after the Department of Corrections recalculated and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A number of individuals who had been released from Oregon corrections facilities due to a change in resentencing policies have been re-incarcerated. The Oregon Department of ...

An investigation is ongoing into the death of an inmate from the Coffee Creek Correctional Institution in Wilsonville. The Oregon Department of Corrections says 40-year-old ...

Trump admin. plans to appeal ruling that blocks tear gas use at Portland ICE facility The Trump administration is planning to appeal the recent ruling that restricts agents' use of tear gas at the ...

The WorkSource Oregon Reentry program helps people incarcerated in the state work on resumes, map out career goals and even connect with future employers. The program is funded by a roughly $5 million ...