Prison officials say no one was seriously injured in a fire Monday at an Oregon Corrections Enterprises furniture factory.
Tag: Oregon State Penitentiary
35-year-old man dies in Salem prison after being found unresponsive in cell, state officials say
Oregon’s prison agency has provided little information about Jesse Banks’ death, and the state medical examiner has not disclosed how he died.
Former penitentiary superintendent’s relationship with employee spilled into workplace, investigation finds
An investigator retained by the state Department of Justice found Brandon Kelly gave preferential treatment to one employee with whom he had a romantic relationship, while verbally abusing others.
Oregon State Penitentiary unveils new “healing garden”
Oregon State Penitentiary Memorial Healing Garden gets its first visitors on Wednesday afternoon. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) SALEM — Wearing blue prison uniforms and kukui nut necklaces, Toshio Takanobu and Johnny Cofer stood outside of a room at the Oregon State Penitentiary welcoming people to the unveiling of an unlikely project[Read More…]
