A $4 million lawsuit alleges Oregon State Penitentiary doctors could have prevented an inmate’s 2023 death from prostate cancer with timely treatment.
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Former prison worker charged with brother’s murder after standoff at Salem prison
Alonzo Rowell is accused of fatally shooting his brother, Tony Miller, in Dallas on Saturday and then getting into a standoff with police at the Salem prison where he used to work as a prison guard.
Former Oregon inmate sues corrections agency, alleging it failed to fix a broken middle finger
Benjamin K. Vesa’s lawsuit alleges doctors told him his finger cannot move properly because the Oregon State Penitentiary delayed care for months.
No cause reported for fire in furniture factory at Oregon State Penitentiary
Prison officials say no one was seriously injured in a fire Monday at an Oregon Corrections Enterprises furniture factory.
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…]
