COOS COUNTY, Ore. —A Coos County prison that’s slated to close in January, has many people in the community still fighting to keep it open. The Shutter Creek Correctional Facility is one of 3 facilities that Governor Brown slated to close ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in 2016, Robert Lee Chaffee ran down another man with his car after an argument. The victim suffered a broken leg and other injuries. In 2017, Chaffee was acquitted of attempted murder, ...
COOS BAY, Ore. — A new Facebook page has been created in an effort to save a state prison in Coos County. This comes after Governor Kate Brown’s proposal to shut it down for budgetary reasons. Mike Castaldo is a ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A federal judge ordering state officials to immediately offer state prison inmates the COVID-19 vaccine. The judge’s ruling essentially says inmates should have already been offered the vaccine. It puts the inmates in the same group as ...
BEND, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Corrections says an inmate incarcerated at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution died from COVID-19 this afternoon. It says the inmate was between 55 and 66 years old. The DOC says anyone entering it’s properties ...
COOS CO., Or- Governor Brown’s proposed budget plan released this week calls for the closure of three state prisons. But according to a county commissioner, the closure of these prisons will have a huge impact on the communities. The governor ...
MALHEUR COUNTY, Ore. – Twelve people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in the Oregon State prison system. The Oregon Department of Corrections said on the morning of October 5, an elderly man who tested positive for coronavirus died ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate died earlier this week after testing positive from coronavirus. Now, the ACLU of Oregon is asking the state to better protect prisoners during this global crisis. The ACLU of Oregon is calling ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) – A court in California has ruled inmates can have marijuana in prison. However, there is a catch. Criminal defense attorney Dan Olsen said, “It creates confusion if it’s illegal to take it in, it’s illegal to ...
Umatilla, Ore. – A White City man died Sunday while incarcerated at an Oregon state prison. According to the Oregon Department of Corrections, 23-year-old inmate Kenneth Allen was complaining to Two River Correction Institution staff members when he suddenly became ...