Oregon

Ore. prison program helps incarcerated moms bond with their daughters

Girls Scouts Beyond Bars is a unique program in dozens of women’s prisons, jails and juvenile-detention centers across the country

Man convicted of killing corrections director fully freed

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In 1991, Frank Gable was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the killing of Oregon’s prisons chief Michael Francke

Beyond the body-worn camera: Incorporating digital evidence management systems into the corrections environment

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Utility

Integrating BWC and facility video in a single system enhances safety, reduces liability, aids investigations, and makes documentation more accurate and efficient

Clinical social worker selected as Portland Police Bureau's 1st civilian dean of training

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The selection of a civilian head of training is one of the steps the Police Bureau agreed to take to comply with the city’s settlement with the DOJ

Oregon bills aim to make it easier for inmates, former inmates to pursue higher education

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Four bills would help with access, apprenticeships, licensing and oversight

Video: Oregon murder suspect escapes courthouse after cuffs removed

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After an officer removes the suspect's hand and leg cuffs in line with legal requirements for the court session, the defendant runs out of the courtroom door

Oregon looking at allowing inmates in prisons and jails to vote

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Only two other states – Maine and Vermont – and Washington, D.C., allow convicted people to vote while still incarcerated

Police: Ore. kidnapping suspect killed 2 men before being cornered by officers

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Officers sent a robot into a crawlspace and found signs the suspect was burrowed deep underneath a house

Ore. kidnapping suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound after standoff with police

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Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died at a hospital, hours after he was taken into custody

Oregon governor commutes sentences of the state's 17 death row inmates

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With less than a month left in office, Gov. Kate Brown used executive clemency powers to change the death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole