Gov. Tina Kotek late Friday placed the longtime director of the Oregon Youth Authority on administrative leave amid a comprehensive review of the agency’s handling of abuse complaints involving youths ...

Tina Kotek has placed the director of Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) on administrative leave, effective immediately. Kotek's ...

“If I think about my email and the number of things like, ‘I’m going to cut off your head or burn down your house’ – those are not infrequent,’” said state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis. Under ...

How did the proposed prison make it to 2025 and what are the common questions that continue to be addressed in various ...

Pennsylvania has spent more than $160 million on vacant buildings that the state still owns and now the Department of General ...

A Florida man convicted of murdering a couple during a fishing trip while the couple's toddler looked on is scheduled to ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

Opponents continue to hold strong in protest over House Bill 1025 as Lincoln County landowners fear a constant black cloud over the area.

Lawyers for the prisoner alleged his eye “slowly, painfully died inside his head” after “botched eye surgery.” ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Prison officials are investigating after an inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem died, Tuesday.

Under HB 3551, state and local law enforcement could work with federal immigration authorities on violent felonies, felony sex offenses and Class A misdemeanors.

A judge has granted the release of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after his 2020 rape conviction was vacated by ...