Charlotte Thrasher most recently served as superintendent of the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor.

Two Oregon legislative leaders on Monday urged the new FBI director to open an investigation into the 1989 stabbing death of ...

Two Oregon legislators urged the FBI to investigate the 1989 killing of prison director Michael Francke in Salem.

Francke was stabbed to death outside his office in Salem. Then-Gov. Neil Goldschmidt had hired Francke, a former judge and ...

A corrections corporal discovered an unknown ... Campbell said ODOC is working with Oregon State Police and the National Guard Civil Service Unit, who will test the substance.

(KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Corrections is investigating ... Reports of possible contraband in a special housing unit at the state prison led a staff member to find an “unknown substance ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) –The Department of Corrections disclosed Friday that a 71-year-old man died while in custody at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. David Dietrich was taken to the ...

FILE - Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem ... The Oregon Association of Community Corrections Directors and the Oregon District Attorneys Association both testified in favor of ...