Woman says DOC kept her incarcerated 3 years too long

McDermott says in lawsuit she was supposed to get out of Coffee Creek in January 2021 but wasn't released until April 2024.

'Why don't you just kill yourself, motherf—er?': Prison officers 'encouraged' weeping inmate's suicide while he sat in isolation inside 'black box,' lawsuit says

The Oregon Department of Corrections is paying millions to settle a lawsuit filed by an inmate's family who said he died by ...
KBND

Dept Of Corrections Settles With Family Of Inmate Who Committed Suicide

Oregon's Department of Corrections is agreeing to a financial settlement with the family of a man who took his own life while being kept at the State Correctional Institution ...
KOIN

State of Oregon settles lawsuit for $2.3M after corrections officer encouraged inmate’s suicide

The Oregon Department of Corrections will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a 22-year-old who died ...

61-year-old adult in custody at Snake River Correctional Institution dies at hospital

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) says that 61-year-old Anthony Brent Clymens died Sunday afternoon at a hospital.
East Oregonian

Oregon DOC unlikely to close EOCI for budget reductions

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 ...
WWAY TV

Britt named warden of Lumberton Correctional Institution

LUMBERTON, NC (News Release) — Shawn Britt is the new warden of Lumberton Correctional Institution. Britt previously served as the facility’s associate warden of operations and acting warden. “Warden ...
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Inmate dies at Snake River Correctional Institution

Man shot on MAX train in east Portland, suspect detained Portland Police are investigating an early morning shooting that injured a man on a max train in East Portland.According to PPB spokesman Kevin ...
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Widow of Virginia correctional officer who died after inmate attack sues department of corrections

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The widow of Jeremy Hall, the corrections officer who died after being attacked by an inmate in November, has filed a civil suit ...
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Widow of Virginia correctional officer who died after inmate attack sues department of corrections

ON WXII 12 NEWS APP AND WEBSITE. FIVE THE WIDOW OF A FALLEN VIRGINIA CORRECTIONS OFFICER IS NOW SUING OVER HIS DEATH. INVESTIGATORS SAY AN INMATE AT THE PRISON IS THE PERSON WHO KILLED HIM. THE ...
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Oregon inmate held in Pendleton, 57, dies in hospital, corrections officials say

The penalties for failing to update car registration in Washington could soon cost drivers more money. A new proposal goes after violators with expired tabs. I-5 owl crash leads to unlikely rescue in ...
Hartford Courant

Investigation alleges widespread sexual assault of prisoners at CT women’s correctional center

A recent report alleges the Connecticut Department of Correction failed to properly act to address allegations that prisoners have been subjected to sexual abuse by correction officers at the state’s ...