Tag Archives: Women’s Prison

Oregon Women Lawyers Hold Book Drive for Coffee Creek Women’s Correctional Facility

The Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLs) will be conducting their annual book drive to support the library at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison, May 13-29. There will be book collection boxes situated near the court clerks’ offices in courthouses at The Dalles, Hood River, Condon, Wasco, and Fossil. Source: Oregon Women Lawyers Hold […]
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How Webster the dog found his home in Oregon’s prison for women

Webster did everything right. He mastered commands and learned to ignore ear-splitting sounds. He offered quiet company or brought goofball energy, depending on what he sensed the situation demanded. A yellow Labrador retriever, he spent most of his first 18 months at Oregon’s women’s prison in Wilsonville, a service dog in training. Request full-text (for […]
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After critical report, Oregon Department of Corrections plans changes at women’s prison

Oregon corrections agency plans to increase security cameras and provide sports bras and more social activities at troubled prison. Yoga classes, sports bras and more security cameras are coming to Oregon’s only women’s prison. The changes at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility follow a state-ordered report released in August that found an unsafe, harsh environment and […]
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Former Oregon prison nurse receives 30-year sentence for abusing women in custody

Federal prosecutors say the case against Tony Klein is the largest of its kind the U.S. Department of Justice has prosecuted, both in terms of the number of victims and charges. A former Oregon correctional nurse was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting numerous women at the state’s only prison for […]
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Prosecutors seek 41-year sentence, defense will urge 25-year term for convicted former Oregon prison nurse Tony Klein

Prosecutors will ask a judge Tuesday to sentence former Oregon prison nurse Tony D. Klein to 41 years in prison, while his defense lawyers will seek a 25-year term after a jury found Klein guilty of sexually abusing nine women at Coffee Creek Correctional Institution. Request full-text (for State Agency patrons only) Source: Prosecutors seek […]
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Coffee Creek sergeant arrested for sexual misconduct with an inmate

The sergeant was arrested less than a week after the release of a scathing state report about conditions at Oregon’s only women’s prison. UPDATED at 5:54 p.m. August 23, 2023 with Levi Gray’s salary, plea and bail details. A corrections sergeant at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility was arrested late Tuesday on charges of sexual misconduct […]
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Oregon women’s prison report raises red flags; acting director, governor respond

The Oregon Department of Corrections’ acting director and Oregon’s governor are responding to issues raised in a report on the state’s only women’s prison, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. A Gender Informed Practices Assessment, commissioned by Oregon lawmakers in 2022 and released to the public Aug. 17 found numerous issues including burned-out staff, lack of training, […]
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Critical new state report finds shortcomings in Oregon’s treatment of incarcerated women 

Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday ordered the Oregon Department of Corrections to act immediately to  improve conditions for female inmates at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility amid the release of a new state-ordered report that detailed hostility and retaliation at the state’s only women’s prison. Source: Critical new state report finds shortcomings in Oregon’s treatment of […]
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Oregon fails to support women in prison, report finds 

The state’s prison system regularly fails women in custody, according to a new report commissioned by lawmakers that also found “an immediate need for the state” to “invest in the women and staff” at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s lone prison for women. Source: Oregon fails to support women in prison, report finds – […]
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Report: People incarcerated at Oregon’s only women’s prison say conditions inhumane

Conditions inside Oregon’s only prison for women are dire and unsafe, according to a report released Thursday by the Oregon Justice Resource Center, a Portland-based nonprofit that advocates for people in custody. Source: Report: People incarcerated at Oregon’s only women’s prison say conditions inhumane – OPB