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52-795: 1971: The Oregon Legislature created the Oregon Department of Human Resources, an agency providing a spectrum of human services to individuals, families and communities. Over the years parts of the agency were spun off, becoming the Oregon Department of Corrections , the Oregon Employment Department , the Oregon Youth Authority , and the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department . 2001: The Oregon Legislature reorganized

104-535: A book written by Joseph "Bunko" Kelly . Kelly describes scenes of extreme brutality, particularly floggings, which he recounts happening to whites, blacks, Indians, and a Chinese "half boy and half woman". He describes negligent doctors and a lack of mental health care, and complains that whiskey drinking affects the behavior of the guards. He also identifies a five-year period in which the warden stopped newspaper deliveries to prevent convicts from learning of pardons. The prison announced in 1904 that it would end

156-516: A century Oregon sustained with one prison, with the addition of the second prison in 1929 (Mill Creek Correctional Facility) after the state allowed for the entrance of Black people in 1926. In 1929 Mill Creek Correctional Facility (MCCF) was converted from a state training school to a minimum security prison (previously named Annex Farm). This facility is entirely self funded and uses prison labor to produce food for their facility and other ODOC institutions. Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI)

208-478: A city street running through the middle. In 1859, the facility was leased to private contractors ( Robert Newell and L. N. English), who instituted a system of prison labor. This new system led to many escapes. In 1866, the state officially moved the penitentiary to a 26-acre (11 ha) site in Salem , enclosed by a reinforced concrete wall averaging fourteen feet (4.3 m) in height. The prison also began using

260-649: A controversy related to CCA's housing of 240 Oregon sex offenders in a private facility near Houston Intercontinental Airport . Local authorities were only notified of their presence after two had escaped. November 29, 2011 - Officer Buddy R. Herron ; killed by a stranded motorist he stopped to assist while enroute to his shift at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution. November 17, 1994 - Officer Louis Perrine ; killed in an accident while supervising an inmate work detail in Baker County, Oregon. January 17, 1989 - Director Michael Francke ; stabbed to death in

312-577: A device called the "Gardner shackle" (later called the "Oregon Boot"), a heavy metal device attached to prisoners' legs to impede movement. Escapes continued at the new facility, despite the wall and the Boot. The most famous of these occurred in 1902, when Harry Tracy and David Merrill killed three guards with a gun. Details about this period can be read in Thirteen Years in Oregon State Penitentiary ,

364-475: A former prisoner at OSP, said: "We've had five major law suits. After each one, there was a token change, then it went back to the way it was. They [prison officials] don't take any of this seriously." In 1977, three inmates (two current and one former) filed a lawsuit alleging that they had been harmed by medical experiments using drugs and radiation. The experiments were voluntary and affected 67 prisoners, who were paid $ 125 each. Oregon State Prison appears in

416-598: A mass escape in December 1951, after receiving weapons from a sympathetic guard. The plan was foiled by an informant, John Edward Ralph, who was quickly transferred to Folsom Prison for his own protection. Unrest continued through 1952 with civil disobedience and more escape attempts. Over 1300 prisoners conducted an eight-day hunger strike in August to protest alleged brutality of a guard named Morris Race. In October 1952, an escape attempt involving armed conflict with guards

468-911: A plan to close 3 minimum security facilities operated by the department; Mill Creek Correctional Facility in Salem, Shutter Creek Correctional Institution in North Bend, and Warner Creek Correctional Facility in Lakeview. The closures were expected to save the state approximately $ 44 million. Later that same year, 193 employees of the department were placed on leave for failing to abide by Governor Brown's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for state employees. Race: While Latino people, Black people, and American Indian and/or Native American people are overrepresented in Oregon's incarcerated population, white people are underrepresented. Sex: Age: In Oregon's history

520-421: A riot on August 1, 1936, in response to a court ruling that made it more difficult for prisoners to be released after serving their minimum sentence. The riot was put down by armed guards; one prisoner, Thomas Baughn, was killed and two were wounded. After being deprived of their weapons (and of food, in punishment), prisoners began to break windows and throw projectiles from their cells. Inmates at OSP attempted

572-423: A series of multi-million dollar lawsuits filed against the Oregon Department of Corrections. The Oregon Department of Corrections are being sued by five current and former inmates of CCFI for allegations of rape, groping, assault, and molestation at the hands of a nurse in the medical unit, Tony Klein. Oregon State Police investigation found that Klein had been reported by 11 inmates for some type of sexual contact and

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624-457: A substantial threat to the general population in all department facilities. In 2006, this facility held 147 people (out of a total of 784 across Oregon) in solitary confinement . Conditions in the IMU were the object of public criticism, triggered particularly by multiple suicide of mentally ill prisoners. Former warden Brian Belleque also expressed doubts about the possibility of rehabilitation in

676-498: A way for them to work jobs within the prison facility. In the 1920s, the Penitentiary created a flax plant which employed more than half of its inmates. Inmates worked on construction and in the fields, and were paid $ 0.50–$ 1.00 per day. The plant was touted nationally as a way to make the prison financially self-sustaining, and to rehabilitate prisoners by giving them something to do and preparing them to work. In 1925, OSP had

728-445: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oregon Department of Corrections 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

780-422: Is an ingrained traditional attitude. And second, prisons are reflections of those views. Therefore, Blacks and others in their own wherewithal struggle towards the path of freedom through redress in our courts. But quite often the librarian tries to preclude these efforts in many different ways. Such as telling prisoners his notary seal is broken and of course this tactic will go on for two or three weeks until one of

832-565: Is the oldest in the state; the all-male facility is operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). OSP contains an intensive management wing, which is being transformed into a psychiatric facility for mentally ill prisoners throughout Oregon. Prior to the construction of prisons in Oregon, many convicted of crimes were either hanged or pardoned. Oregon State Penitentiary was originally built in Portland in 1851. Operating this facility proved difficult because it spanned two blocks, with

884-556: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care in 2001. The OSP hospice was at the forefront of a national trend of prison hospices—reacting to increased prison deaths resulting from the HIV/AIDS epidemic and from harsher sentencing laws. The program's volunteer-based structure has served as a model for other institutions. Oregon State Penitentiary has a separate minimum security facility located on its grounds. It

936-503: The 1960s. The public became aware that only 200 of the 1200 inmates at OSP actually had sentences calling for maximum security incarceration; yet all inmates were treated according to maximum security standards. Prisoners continued to complain about medical care, dental care, and visitation rights. Unrest culminated in March 1968, in an uprising which began with a surprise takeover of the prison's control center. 700 prisoners took control of

988-517: The IMU, saying: "We realize that 95 to 98 percent of these inmates here are going to be your neighbor in the community. They are going to get out." Prisoners in the OSP IMU were moved in 2009 to Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario, Oregon. In 2010, ODOC began to convert the IMU into a psychiatric facility, which will serve mentally ill prisoners from across Oregon. Some advocates for

1040-518: The Oregon Correctional Center staged a sit-down protest that prison Superintendent Robert H. Scheidler described as the first of its kind in the facility's history. On October 1, between four and eight women staged a hunger strike—inmate Jody Bedell fasted for 24 days before ending the strike. Both the sit-down protest and hunger strike were meant to call attention to overcrowding, poor medical care, inadequate education programs and

1092-635: The State Forestry Department in its reforestation program. Two Rivers Correctional Facility's construction was complete in March of 200; however, ODOC began housing inmates in December 1999. Coffee Creek's minimum security institution was opened in October 2001 and the medium security facility was opened in April 2002. Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) comprises Oregon Corrections Intake Center (OCIC) for men and women; in addition, to

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1144-634: The US Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia (1976), Oregon has executed only two people: Douglas Franklin Wright , in 1996, and Harry Charles Moore , in 1997. Oregon State Penitentiary is home to a hospice , which is staffed by volunteers from among the prison population. The current incarnation of the hospice began in 1999, and won "Program of the Year Award" from

1196-503: The United States have survived physical or sexual abuse. Additionally, that when who have a history of abuse or neglect as children have a 77% high rate of arrest than that of women who were not abused. Surveys conducted by Portland State University of two-hundred women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) also report display that many of the women in their facility have also survived domestic violence and childhood trauma. Of

1248-541: The cafeteria. Under instructions from Warden Clarence T. Gladden, guards used tear gas to prevent the prisoners from reaching food supplies. The angry prisoners gained control of most of the prison and started fires in the flax plant, laundry room, tailor room, and machine shop. Ultimately the prisoners were subdued by guards with tear gas, shotguns, and rifles. 1100 Rebels were confined to a baseball diamond without food or water, with Warden Gladden saying they would stay there until "I am sure they are repentant". They stayed on

1300-486: The case of Pete Wilson, a black prisoner who was stabbed by ten white inmates while white guards looked on. Black inmates also charged the OSP library with showing racial bias in access and employment. One black inmate described their opinion on the causes and effects of this bias: Black and other minorities at OSP have an acute problem with the librarian when it comes to their gaining access to courts. First we recognize racism

1352-641: The community corrections activities of county governments. It is also responsible for interstate compact administration, jail inspections, and central information and data services regarding felons throughout the state. It has its headquarters in Salem . The Oregon Department of Corrections operates 12 facilities across the state. They also operate the Community Corrections offices in Linn and Douglas counties. In 1851, Oregon established its first state-run institution. Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP)

1404-478: The counselors puts a stop to it, being that if the librarian doesn't notarize documents they will have to do his job. Prisoners have accused OSP guards of homophobia, censoring homosexual materials in the men's prison and contact among inmates in the women's prison (closed in 2010). In 1982, prisoners filed a class-action lawsuit against the prison, charging that their rights to receive mail were being violated. In particular, they charged prison officials with censoring

1456-450: The death penalty became law four times. On two occasions it was voted out of practice by Oregon citizens and once abolished by Oregon Supreme Court. Male death row inmates are held at Oregon State Penitentiary . Women on death row are held at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility until shortly before their execution. The execution chamber is at Oregon State Penitentiary. The Oregon Statute States:"The punishment of death shall be inflicted by

1508-532: The death row itself will dissolve as an entity. The state of Oregon does not use private prisons, and as of 2001 outlawed its former practice of exporting state prisoners to other states. An effort in 1996 had about 12% of Oregon's prisoner population exported to private facilities run by Corrections Corporation of America in Texas and Arizona. The experiment ended after escapes, sexual contact between guards and inmates at Central Arizona Detention Center , and

1560-488: The death sentences of everyone on Oregon's death row to life without parole. She also instructed the Department of Corrections to dismantle the state's death chamber. The prison is located on 194 acres (79 hectares) of land in the southeast of Salem, Oregon. The facility itself consists of ten acres (4 hectares), surrounded by a 25-foot (7.5-meter) wall which is patrolled by armed correctional officers. Most housing in

1612-429: The department and changed its name from the Oregon Department of Human Resources to the Oregon Department of Human Services. 2009 : The Oregon Legislature transferred many of the health related functions to the newly created Oregon Health Authority. Today, the Department of Human Services key functions serve children and families, seniors and people with disabilities. This Oregon government -related article

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1664-405: The diamond for two days and one night, until twenty ringleaders identified by prison authorities were surrendered, and prisoners agreed to be individually searched. In what may have been the first sex reassignment surgery officially conducted in a prison, a DMAB prisoner changed her sex to female , through surgery and hormones , in a period prior to release in 1965. Discontent continued in

1716-439: The facility, started a fire in the flour shop, and held 40 guards and prison employees hostage. The hostages were freed after prison officials announced the resignation of Warden Gladden (then 73 years old), as well as immunity for the rioters. Prisoners were criticized for damaging facilities that supported them. Ron Schmidt, press secretary of Governor Tom McCall , said: "It's pure devastation. The men destroyed everything that

1768-567: The intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultra-short-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent and potassium chloride or other equally effective substances sufficient to cause death." The chemicals used to inflict death are Pentobarbital which induces unconsciousness, Pancuronium Bromide which stops breathing, and Potassium Chloride which stops the heart from beating. As of January 1, 2019 there are 30 inmates on death row (29 men and 1 woman). Effective 2020, while there will still be inmates with death sentences,

1820-513: The largest flax scutching mill in the world, with 175 workers producing 100–150 tons of flax per day. With assistance from the Federal Bureau of Education, OSP ran a unique and successful adult education program during the same era. With Prohibition in effect, 80 of the prison's 575 inmates at this time were moonshiners. Nine prisoners were shot in a 1926 riot beginning in the prison cafeteria. Seven hundred inmates were involved in

1872-532: The mail by withholding "not approved" material, including material related to homosexuality. District Judge Owen Panner decided for the prisoners and the ACLU, ruling that blacklisting certain publications and materials (including those related to homosexuality) violated the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the prisoners. However, some advocates believed that the legal ruling would have little effect. Carole Pope,

1924-483: The mentally ill have argued that the IMU facility is not suitable for treating the mentally ill because it is "dark" and "crowded", and generally designed for solitary confinement. OSP was the site of death row in Oregon and contained the lethal injection chamber where prisoners were executed. Governor John Kitzhaber announced an official moratorium on executions in November 2011. In May 2020, ODOC announced that

1976-1231: The parking lot of the Oregon Department of Corrections headquarters in Salem. April 7, 1972 - Lieutenant Robert Geer ; stabbed to death by an inmate while attempting to subdue him at Oregon State Penitentiary. April 11, 1969 - Officer Alvin Schmitt ; succumbed to injuries sustained 2 days earlier when attacked by an inmate with an edged weapon at Oregon State Penitentiary. August 12, 1925 - Officer James Holman ; shot and killed by inmates with stolen weapons during an escape attempt. August 12, 1925 - Officer John Sweeney ; shot and killed by inmates with stolen weapons during an escape attempt. September 28, 1915 - Superintendent Harry Minto ; shot and killed while searching for an escaped inmate. June 9, 1902 - Officer Thurston Jones Sr. ; shot and killed by an inmate while he escaped from Oregon State Penitentiary. June 9, 1902 - Officer Frank Ferrell ; shot and killed by an inmate while he escaped from Oregon State Penitentiary. June 9, 1902 - Officer Bailey Tiffany ; shot and killed by an inmate while he escaped from Oregon State Penitentiary. The Real Cost of Prisons project highlights that 78% of women in prison in

2028-459: The penitentiary is in large cell blocks with most inmates housed in single man cells that have been converted to double man cells to increase capacity. The penitentiary also has a full service infirmary. 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

2080-472: The prison establishment was skeptical at first, UHURU gained official support and had a membership of several hundred in 1982. OSP prisoners were politically active in the following decades, holding forums on politics and communicating with the Oregon NAACP. OSP began to recruit African American staff in 1981 in response to pressure from activist black prisoners. In September 1988, 28 female inmates at

2132-415: The shortage of showers and laundry machines. At the time, the prison was built for 80 women but was housing over 140 women and had only one shower for every 43 inmates. The women who participated in the hunger strike were ordered to spend a year in a segregation unit and were fined $ 214. In May 2020, ODOC announced that the state will close its death row. On December 13, 2022, Governor Kate Brown commuted

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2184-482: The state will close its death row. On December 13, 2022, Governor Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of everyone on Oregon's death row to life without parole and instructed the Department of Corrections to dismantle the state's death chamber. Executions in Oregon were conducted in public by counties until 1902, when they were centralized (and made less spectacular) at the State Penitentiary. Since

2236-465: The states only full service women's prison. Warner Creek Correctional Facility (WCCF) opened in September 2005 and houses 400 inmates. Construction for the institution was delayed in 2001 due to lack of funding and continued in 2003 after funding was allocated. Finally, the states newest prison, Deer Ridge Correctional Institution (DRCI), was established in 2007. In 2021, Governor Kate Brown announced

2288-486: The two hundred women surveyed, 68% of the women who were in relationships when imprisoned, report that they faced physical, mental, and emotional intimate partner violence. In addition, in regard to childhood abuse and trauma 80% of women reported being emotionally abused, almost 70% reported being physically abused, and report being sexually abused. However, sexual abuse does not end while women are incarcerated. Sexual abuse and rape has occurred at Coffee Creek Correctional,

2340-402: The use of flogging, and instead punish prisoners by spraying them with cold water from a garden hose. The prison experimented briefly in 1917–1918 with an "honor system" in which 130 prisoners were paroled with certain conditions. The prisoners were released into jobs outside the prison during the daytime. After 66 of these absconded, Governor James Withycombe announced that he would find

2392-470: Was established in 1851 in Portland, Oregon. However, in 1864 funds were allocated to purchase as its in Salem for OSP and an insane asylum. In 1866 OSP was relocated to Salem and encompassed by a concrete wall. OSP is Oregon's only maximum security prison. The capacity of the penitentiary is 1700 inmates. From 1866 to 2007 the Oregon Department of Corrections opened 13 more correctional institutions. For over

2444-409: Was first opened in 1964 as Oregon's first women's prison, and was called Oregon Women's Correctional Center. In 2010, the state closed the minimum security annex. Prisoners and advocates have charged the OSP system with racism, saying that the system discriminates against black inmates—both by placing them in worse conditions and by failing to protect them from racially motivated violence. They cite

2496-602: Was not charged by the Washington County District Attorney's Office due to accounts being "unreliable". Tony Kleins nursing license with Oregon State Board of Nursing remains active. Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), also known as Oregon State Prison , is a maximum security prison in the northwest United States in Salem , Oregon. Originally opened in Portland 173 years ago in 1851, it relocated to Salem fifteen years later. The 2,242-capacity prison

2548-518: Was of any benefit to them." Two inmates were stabbed during the riot: Delmar DuBray, 30, was stabbed in the right kidney; Melvin Newell, 36, was stabbed in the abdomen and groin. In November 1968, a work stoppage by 81 prisoners in the laundry room was controlled by guards with clubs, and the prisoners placed in isolation. Also in 1968, OSP inmates founded UHURU, an organization dedicated to Afro-American culture, history, and community service. Although

2600-458: Was opened in Pendleton in 1985 in the form Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training center and as a minimum security prison places significance on rehabilitation. However, Oregon Department of Corrections was not called the Oregon Department of Corrections until 1987 in which its name changed from "Corrections Division". Oregon Women's Correctional Center opened in 1965, became autonomous in 1972, and

2652-558: Was recommissioned in 2002. Santiam Correctional Institution was opened in 1977 in Salem as minimum security facility. Powder River Correctional Institution was opened in Baker City in 1989. Shutter Creek Correctional Institution was previously an Air National Guard Radar Station in North Bend and was converted to a minimum security labor camp in 1990. Snake River Correctional Facility was opened in 1991. South Fork Forest Camp (SFFC) has used inmate labor to combat forest fires and to assist

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2704-459: Was suppressed with gunfire. On January 1, 1953, prison officials announced the discovery of an escape tunnel being dug by prisoner Robert Green. The tunnel was 12 feet underground and 50 feet long, reaching within 15 feet of the world outside OSP walls. A major insurrection erupted in July 1953 when prisoners stopped working, on strike for better food and medical care. They barricaded themselves in

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