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Oregon Cop Gets 5-Year Federal Child Porn Sentence

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Oregon Cop Gets 5-Year Federal Child Porn Sentence by On April 24, 2013, a Portland, Oregon police officer was sentenced to five years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. Scott Edward Elliott was a 22-year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), when he was arrested at work on …

Oregon Prisoner Paralyzed by Suicide Attempt Seeks $12 Million

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Failure to Protect (General), Suicides

Oregon Prisoner Paralyzed by Suicide Attempt Seeks $12 Million by An Oregon prisoner who attempted to commit suicide but ended up a quadriplegic is suing jail officials for $12 million. On May 4, 2012, Westley Wilson, 29, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, for violating a restraining order. He was initially …

Oregon Federal Prosecutor Convicted of Drunk Driving

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct

Oregon Federal Prosecutor Convicted of Drunk Driving by On February 1, 2013, an Oregon federal prosecutor pleaded no contest to drunk driving and entered a diversion program. At about 1:15 a.m., on December 23, 2012, police witnessed a vehicle driving 70 mph with no headlights. The driver weaved in and …

PLN Invalidates Oregon Jail's Postcard-Only Policy; Magazine Ban and Rejection

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, Censorship, PLN related

PLN Invalidates Oregon Jail's Postcard-Only Policy; Magazine Ban and Rejection by On April 24, 2013, an Oregon federal court granted Prison Legal News (PLN) an injunction, permanently enjoining an Oregon jail's postcard-only policy. It also declared that jail magazine ban and rejection notice and appeal policies violated the First and …

Oregon Guard's Co-Worker Seek $900,000 for Sexual Harassment; Guard Admitted Forcing Prisoner to Perform Fellatio

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Guard Misconduct

Oregon Guard's Co-Worker Seek $900,000 for Sexual Harassment; Guard Admitted Forcing Prisoner to Perform Fellatio by A former Oregon jail employee is seeking $900,000 for sexual harassment by a guard who was convicted of forcing a female prisoner to perform fellatio. As we've previously reported, the 21-year career of Inverness …

Oregon AG Staff under Police Investigation, Found Dead

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct

Oregon AG Staff under Police Investigation, Found Dead by A long-time employee of the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) died in her home, ending a police investigation into her conduct. Two days later another DOJ employee was placed on administrative leave. Authorities refuse to reveal further details about the death …

Oregon Widow Seeks $533,000 for Jailed Husband's Death

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cardiovascular, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Oregon Widow Seeks $533,000 for Jailed Husband's Death by The widow of a man who died in an Oregon jail when he was deprived of his heart medication, is seeking at least $533,000 in damages against the County. Ray Miller, 53, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on August 4, 2010, …

Oregon Prosecutor Curtails Adult Prosecution & Mandatory Sentencing of "Superpredators"

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Sentencing, Juveniles

Oregon Prosecutor Curtails Adult Prosecution & Mandatory Sentencing of "Superpredators" by Twenty-one years after Oregon first enacted a harsh mandatory sentencing law, requiring automatic adult prosecution of juveniles as young as 15 years old, prosecutors in Oregon's largest county recently announced a policy of declining to prosecute some juveniles as …

Oregon Jail Provides "Sub-Optimal" Mental Health Treatment

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Jail Specific, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Oregon Jail Provides "Sub-Optimal" Mental Health Treatment by Mental health services for prisoners in the Multnomah County, Oregon, jail system are inadequate, a 2015 Corrections Grand Jury found. Under Oregon law, a Corrections Grand Jury may be impaneled to inspect jail and prison conditions. The Grand Jury then issues a …

Oregon Deputy Arrests Innocent Man to Protect Family; County Pays $12,000 to Settle

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, False Arrest

Oregon Deputy Arrests Innocent Man to Protect Family; County Pays $12,000 to Settle by "This incident is the most egregious abuse of power I have ever seen," said attorney Edie Rogoway, who represented an Oregon man who was arrested for reporting criminal activity of relatives of the responding deputy. The …

Oregon Blacks Imprisoned Seven Times Rate of Whites

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Statistics/Trends, Racial Profiling

Oregon Blacks Imprisoned Seven Times Rate of Whites by African Americans are six times more likely than whites to be in the Multnomah County, Oregon jail, according to a recently released study. They are also 4.1 times more likely to be prosecuted, 4.4 times more likely to be convicted, and …

Oregon African American Incarceration Far Exceeds National Average

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Statistics/Trends, Racial Profiling

Oregon African American Incarceration Far Exceeds National Average by Oregon ranks seventh in the nation in the disproportionate number of incarcerated African Americans, far outpacing the national average according to a recently released report of The Sentencing Project, in Washington, D.C. Less than 2 percent of Oregonians are African American, …

Fired Oregon Prison IG Brings $3 Million Retaliation Suit against Director

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Whistleblowing, Employee Litigation

Fired Oregon Prison IG Brings $3 Million Retaliation Suit against Director by The terminated Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) Inspector General (IG) has ' filed a $3 million federal lawsuit, alleging that he was terminated in retaliation for raising ethical concerns about his boss. Oregon prison officials created the IG …

$200,000 Theft Ends Oregon Cop's 14-Year Career

Article • August 19, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct

$200,000 Theft Ends Oregon Cop's 14-Year Career by A 14-year veteran Oregon police Captain was arrested on federal criminal charges for stealing more than $200,000 in government funds during an eighteen-month period. In 2002, Scott Beard was hired as a deputy sheriff for the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, (DCSO) in …

PV Arrest Qualifies for Oregon Resisting Arrest Conviction

Article • August 12, 2016

Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions

PV Arrest Qualifies for Oregon Resisting Arrest Conviction by Mark Wilson The Oregon Supreme Court held that arrest for a probation or parole violation qualifies as an arrest for Oregon's resisting arrest statute. In 2009, police stopped Curtis McClure and asked his name. McClure told them and asked if he …

No Oregon DNA Appeal Unless Testing is Denied or Limited

Article • August 12, 2016

Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Parole, Parole Conditions, Due Process, Mental Health

No Oregon DNA Appeal Unless Testing is Denied or Limited by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals held that prisoners do not have a due process right to a psychological evaluation at state expense for "rehabilitation hearings." Oregon prisoners convicted of Aggravated Murder are sentenced to life imprisonment with …

No Due Process Right to Oregon Parole Witnesses or Cross-Examination

Article • August 12, 2016

Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Witnesses, Parole, Due Process

No Due Process Right to Oregon Parole Witnesses or Cross-Examination by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals rejected a facial challenge to a rule denying prisoners the right to call or cross-examine witnesses at parole hearings. When the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (Board) has established a …

Transfer to Women’s Prison Settles Formerly Male Prisoner’s GID Suit

Article • August 11, 2016

Filed under: Transgender, Discrimination (Transgender), Failure to Protect (Transgender)

Transfer to Women’s Prison Settles Formerly Male Prisoner’s GID Suit by Mark Wilson On October 31, 2013, Oregon prison officials agreed to transfer a formerly male prisoner to a women’s prison to settle her lawsuit. Linda Patricia Thompson suffers from Gender Identity Disorder (GID), or transsexualism, which is “a rare …

Fox v Peters, OR, Order, Spinal Injury Release Plan, 2016

Brief • August 11, 2016

Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Release and Reentry, Americans with Disabilities Act

Fox v Peters, OR, Order, Spinal Injury Release Plan, 2016 Case 6:16-cv-01602-MC Document 14 Filed 08/11/16 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON STEVEN FOX, Case No. 6:16-cv-01602-MC Plaintiff, ORDER v. COLETTE PETERS, Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, in her …

Oregon Interferes With Juvenile Offender Court Access

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Court Access, Juveniles, Failure to Protect (Juveniles)

Oregon Interferes With Juvenile Offender Court Access by Mark Wilson On December 9, 2013, an Oregon federal court held that a juvenile offender adequately alleged that he was injured when prison officials interfered with his right to appeal his convictions. Oregon juvenile offenders are sentenced to Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) …