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Oregon prisons see more early releases as prisoner abuse lawsuit moves forward
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Oregon prisons see more early releases as prisoner abuse lawsuit moves forward
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Oregon corrections director honored with Michael Francke Career Achievement Award
Oregon Department of Corrections Director Colette Peters received the award.
Oregon Department of Corrections Director Colette Peters has been honored with the Michael Francke Career Achievement Award from the Correctional Leaders Association.
The association is dedicated to promoting, supporting and advancing the profession of corrections. Its members and associates lead mor than 400,000 correctional professionals and 8 million inmates, probationers and parolees. The association presented the award to Peters during an online meeting on Thursday, Dec. 17.
The award is named after the late director of the Oregon corrections department who was murdered outside his office in Salem on Jan. 17, 1989. It was created to recognize an associate who has given outstanding service to their agency or agencies in honor and memory of Francke.
December 17, 2020 GMT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A federal judge in Portland has ruled that a group of Oregon prison inmates can proceed with their lawsuit against state officials over their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The class-action lawsuit says the seven inmates named in the case have underlying medical conditions and are at risk for contracting COVID-19, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The case applies to any Department of Corrections inmate who has been infected or is medically vulnerable.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman ruled this week that state leaders named in the lawsuit are not protected from litigation over their response to the pandemic inside Oregon’s correctional institutions.
Nurse accused of sexual assault by 6 Coffee Creek inmates
Lawsuit claims Tony Klein assaulted a woman during a medical appointment at the Wilsonville prison
An adult in custody (AIC) at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville is seeking at least $800,000 in damages stemming from an alleged sexual assault committed by former nurse Tony Klein, who has been accused of sexually abusing many women at the prison.
In March of last year, the Spokesman reported that five other AICs had filed a $5 million lawsuit against Klein, the Oregon Department of Corrections and others for alleged rape and sexual assault. This most recent lawsuit filed Dec. 1 in federal court claims that Klein sexually assaulted plaintiff Connie Wilson during a medical appointment in 2017.
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