Oregon Department of Corrections, health care

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.
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,
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 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
Oregon DOC announcing reform initiative for its healthcare division
MEDFORD, Ore.- The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) announcing a reform initiative for its healthcare division. According to the DOC, Health Services Assistant Director Joe Bugher and Chief of Medicine Dr.
Oregon Department of Corrections fires top two officials who oversaw medical care
The two managers who oversaw the delivery of medical care to Oregon’s approximately 12,000 prisoners were fired Monday. Oregon Department of Corrections Director Mike Reese announced the termination of Dr.
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Fired Oregon prison health leaders delayed treatment, retaliated against staff, report claims
The 84-page internal investigation from the Oregon Department of Corrections also highlighted inadequate treatment of women’s ...
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 ...
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Consultant vows to ‘zero in’ on Oregon prison care denials in wake of blistering report
A consultant hired by Oregon prison officials to look into a scathing outside review said his firm will operate with transparency and objectivity. An attorney specializing in representing people ...
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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 ...
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Oregon lawmakers ignore beleaguered prison medical system in first hearing with agency executive
Oregon lawmakers this week had just a few questions for the Oregon Department of Corrections executive director during the agency’s first hearing of the legislative session. None of them were ...
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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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Oregon inmate escapes work crew, DOC Fugitive Apprehension Unit and OSP searching
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Donald Jones, an inmate with the Oregon Department of Corrections, escaped from a work crew at the Pacific Pine Wood Mill in Lakeview on Monday morning. The 39-year-old ...
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 ...