Dr. Michael Seale, chief medical officer for the Department of Corrections, talked about the broad challenges facing the ...

The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Board revoked the certifications of six Oregon public safety and emergency dispatch employees.

A death row inmate who killed a Visalia man and a lesbian couple in Oregon died at the Oregon State Penitentiary.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) –The Department of Corrections disclosed Friday that a 71-year-old man died while in custody at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. David Dietrich was taken to the ...

On Jan. 17, 1989, the former Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, Michael Francke, was found dead outside the agency’s headquarters Oregon lawmakers on Monday asked FBI Director ...

Michael Francke was the Oregon Department of Corrections director who was fatally stabbed outside his Salem office in 1989.

The 1989 murder of Michael Francke, then the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, is back in the news. Today, House Majority Leader Ben Bowman (D-Tigard) and House Minority Leader ...

the Oregon Department of Corrections director who was fatally stabbed outside his Salem office. "As of today, this case remains unsolved," wrote House Minority Leader Christine Drazan and Majority ...