Oregon Department of Corrections, health care

Chicago consultants land half-million dollar contract to fix Oregon prison health care
The Oregon Department of Corrections plans to pay an outside consultant an estimated $550,000 over the next year to assess the prison system’s troubled health care system, records show. The state this week announced plans to hire Chicago-based Falcon Correctional and Community Services.
Oregon Department of Corrections fires 2 top health care leaders following investigation
Oregon prison leaders fired two top officials Monday, a move they said was part of reforms to address longstanding medical care issues.
Amid mounting scrutiny, Oregon Department of Corrections fires 2 health care managers, shakes up division
The Oregon Department of Corrections has fired two leading health care managers who oversaw a division responsible for the medical care of about 12,000 inmates in a dozen state prisons.
Oregon’s prison health care supervisors fired after investigation finds delays in care, retaliation
An outside lawyer interviewed Dr. Warren Roberts and Joe Bugher and delivered blunt assessments of their overall honesty. She wrote that she did not find Roberts to be credible and that Bugher “obfuscated,
Oregon Department of Corrections announces Healthcare Division reform initiative
The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) announced this week a significant reform initiative to overhaul the division that provides healthcare to adults in cu
Doctor warned Oregon governor, corrections director of delayed cancer treatments for prisoners, poor care for women
A man whose diseased scalp resembled “an infected sponge of weeping” pus went without proper medical care for more than a year. Another developed tongue cancer after his early symptoms went ignored. A ...
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Oregon State Penitentiary inmate dies at 75 in Salem hospital
Michael Cooper, a 75-year-old inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary, died on February 4, 2025, at a local hospital, according ...
Oregon still hasn't classified thousands of sex offenders living in the state. Here's why.
The Oregon state agency responsible for classifying thousands of sex offenders living in the state wants to remove a deadline ...
$154k in stolen pandemic rent aid lands Gresham woman 1½ years in prison
A Gresham woman who bilked tens of thousands of dollars from Oregon’s emergency rental assistance program has been sentenced ...
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Man serving prison time in Oregon appears in Clark County court for charges connected to 1998 Vancouver case
A man serving prison time in Oregon appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court to face rape, burglary and kidnapping ...
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Police: Eugene man sentenced to 3 years for targeting campus-area residences
A Eugene man known for targeting University of Oregon campus area residences was sentenced to 3 years in theOregon State ...