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Oregon State Penitentiary was the site of Oregon's first supermax unit, the "Intensive Management Unit" (IMU), constructed in 1991. The 196-bed self-contained Intensive Management Unit provides housing and control for male inmates who disrupt or pose a substantial threat to the general population in all department facilities.
The state's largest multiple homicide was the 1887 slaughter of 34 Chinese gold miners at the Hells Canyon Massacre. Other notable multiple homicides include the 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting (ten killed in mass shooting on college campus), the Oregon Museum Tavern shooting (five killed in Ladies' Night shooting), and the 2022 Bend ...
FILE - The execution room at the Oregon State Penitentiary is pictured on Nov. 18, 2011, in Salem, Ore. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, she is commuting the sentences ...
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility is a women's prison and prisoner intake center in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. [2] [3] Operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections, the 1,684-bed facility opened in 2001 at a 108-acre (0.44 km 2) campus.
Ten residences and 13 "other" structures were destroyed in the early stages of the fire, according to Oregon State Fire Marshal structure teams. Level 1, 2 and 3 evacuation orders remained in ...
The Oregon Department of Corrections is the agency of the U.S. state of Oregon charged with managing a system of 12 state prisons since its creation by the state legislature in 1987. In addition to having custody of offenders sentenced to prison for more than 12 months, the agency provides program evaluation, oversight and funding for the ...
A 51-year-old Oregon man was indicted earlier this month on charges of igniting the 18,300-acre Larch Creek Fire in Wasco County, according to court records. The man was charged with second degree ...
Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Pendleton (1,659 inmate capacity) Mill Creek Correctional Facility, Salem (290 inmate capacity) (closed July 2021 [1]) Oregon State Correctional Institution, Salem (888 inmate capacity) Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem (2,194 inmate capacity) Powder River Correctional Facility, Baker City (366 inmate ...