TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. — An Oregon Department of Corrections forestry work crew helped rescue a hiker who broke an ankle along a trail in the Tillamook State Forest earlier this month. According to ...

An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody, Edward Lawrence Nelson, died the morning of August 25, 2025, the agency said Monday. Nelson was incarcerated at Snake River Correctional ...

PENDLETON — Despite a social media post circulating from podcast “Oregon D.O.G.E,” it’s unlikely the state will shut down Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution because of budget cuts. Residents in ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections Health Services Division is in the midst of an overhaul of the department, with reforms that have already resulted in progress in care as well as fewer lawsuits ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A 72-year-old Oregon State Penitentiary inmate who was convicted and received a lengthy sentence in a 2003 robbery, kidnapping and assault in Bend died Wednesday morning at the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Corrections is under fire over claims that the agency prematurely released a “dangerous sex offender” from custody. Jackson County District Attorney ...

A gynecologist at Oregon’s women’s prison was assigned to work in the mailroom after clashing with the chief corrections medical officer, Dr. Warren Roberts — an unprecedented sanction that an outside ...

Oregon’s troubled women’s prison has a new superintendent, a 27-year career corrections official who most recently served as superintendent of Washington state’s biggest women’s prison. Charlotte ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Corrections is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly denying religious accommodations for three incarcerated Muslim men, according to court documents ...

With a budget of $36 million, OCE operates 13 business enterprises at 10 facilities across the state.