Snake River Correctional Institution tactical team members sent each other racist, crude and demeaning texts about prisoners and prison employees, records obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive show.

A man from Klamath County died in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections earlier this month. Charles Edward Vermillion, 60, was incarcerated at Snake River Correctional Institution in ...

On Wednesday, 51-year-old Ayman Soliman was detained by ICE following a scheduled immigration check-in and revocation of his asylum.

The Cram Fire, burning in north Jefferson and edging into south Wasco County, remained active throughout Tuesday night, July ...

Ironically, congressional sponsors of the McCarran-Walter Act were at odds with the White House when the law was enacted in 1952. They overrode a veto by President Harry S. Truman, who thought the law ...

This story originally appeared I the Tuesday, July 16, 2013 edition of the. While inmates in California prisons are making national news for refusing meals to ...

Four Oregon Department of Corrections employees on Wednesday were exposed to a suspicious substance in the mail at Two Rivers Correctional Institution. The substance was tested by Umatilla County fire ...

The Cram Fire in Central Oregon has burned nearly 65,000 acres and is threatening a correctional facility in Jefferson County, while Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has declared a State of Emergency due to ...

He ran toward them before they even stepped inside. Tears in his eyes. Arms outstretched. It had been over 21 years behind ...