Lawyer Jose Cienfuegos asked the state's top corrections official to stop any additional early releases and return to custody ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections prison guard who fatally shot his teenage daughter and himself late last year was under investigation for allegations of misconduct involving women prisoners, ...

Oregon Department of Corrections this year floated the idea of replacing the state penitentiary, citing sweltering summer ...

Lane County Commissioners chose to pull $10 million from reserves over the next two years to partially plug what county ...

A man accused of killing three women in the Portland area and dumping their bodies has been indicted on a fourth murder charge, authorities said Tuesday. A grand jury has indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun in ...

The article discusses sexual assault. In June 2024, Andrea Weiskircher thought her life was over.  She was sobbing in a jail cell in Boise thinking about what she had just done. Encouraged by a former ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An 84-year-old woman accused of attempted rape involving an 11-year-old boy in her foster care has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after confessing to having sex with the child ...

More than two years ago, faced with a growing addiction crisis in the state, Oregon health officials began work on an innovative program that would help people about to be released from jail or prison ...