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Oregon Department of Corrections fires two top health care leaders

Corrections Director Mike Reese fired Assistant Director of Health Services Joe Bugher and Chief of Medicine Dr. Warren Roberts, according to an announcement Monday. Corrections department officials say they are overhauling the division and trying to improve its health care system.





Northwest tribes call for changes at Washington jails

Citing a handful of Native Americans who have died behind bars recently, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians say jails run by counties and cities need to do a better job treating incarcerated people dealing with drug use, withdrawal symptoms and suicide.


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