Criminal Justice

Advocates are concerned that a new Oregon Health Authority rule will substitute one civil rights violation for another.

A report by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services looks deeper into a backlog of abuse complaints at the Oregon Youth Authority.

Since passing a law to pay exonerees for wrongful convictions in 2022, Oregon has paid less than five people who have applied for the money. Lawmakers now want changes to the law.

Less than one-fifth of eligible cases have been vacated thus far

Public defenders tell Oregon state lawmakers: system is still in crisis, people still in custody without representation.

Corrections Director Mike Reese fired Assistant Director of Health Services Joe Bugher and Chief of Medicine Dr. Warren Roberts, according to an announcement Monday. Corrections department officials say they are overhauling the division and trying to improve its health care system.

Prosecutors have identified eight additional alleged victims of Eric Stearns, and say there could be even more.

Wellpath, a health care provider for hospitals, prisons and jails, has been dogged by wrongful death and medical negligence suits.

Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place during President-elect Donald Trump's first term.

The St. Helens school board unanimously voted Monday night to appoint Steve Webb as its acting superintendent. The district has been rocked by allegations of sexual abuse following the arrest of two educators.