Prison

Oregon Health & Science University author of national study says jails have an opportunity to treat drug addiction.

Yoga classes, sports bras and more security cameras are coming to Oregon’s only women’s prison.

Oregon Gov. Tina Koteck named Mike Reese, a longtime leader in Portland-area law enforcement, to serve as the next director of the Oregon Department of Corrections.

Washington's Department of Corrections has unveiled its strategies to reduce the use of isolation in its prisons, but it all relies on whether lawmakers set aside funding to support those changes.

Tony Klein was convicted of sexually abusing numerous women while he was a nurse at Oregon's only prison for women.

The inmate alleges Oregon Department of Corrections officials ignored his status as a former street gang member when they assigned him to housing units with gang members.

Washington state officials are set to close the Larch Corrections Center, a minimum-security prison in the southwest corner of the state, on Tuesday.

Sgt. Levi David Gray, a correctional officer who was charged with sexual misconduct at Oregon’s troubled women’s prison last month, has faced allegations of inappropriate behavior from at least two other women.

A long-time correctional officer at Oregon’s troubled women’s prison faces charges for sexual misconduct. Last month, a former nurse at Coffee Creek was convicted of sexual abuse. A recent legislative report also found the prison is systemically failing women in custody.

The Oregon Department of Corrections regularly fails women in custody, according to a new report commissioned by lawmakers that also found “an immediate need for the state” to “invest in the women and staff” at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s lone prison for women.