Inmates

The power of a powwow has been described as a collective heartbeat that draws people together. Celebrants often say they feel unity and freedom as they dance in a circle. Those elements are especially vital for those serving time at the Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem, where life is spent behind barbed wire and fortified walls. But for one day a year, inmates get to don Native apparel and move to the rhythm of a rawhide drum with friends and loved ones.

Several inmates at the Lane County Jail are into their fifth week of hunger striking. They want better preventative measures to stop the spread of…

Incarcerated mothers have a new place to re-connect with their kids after they get out of prison. Thursday, the re-entry services group "Sponsors" cut the…

Hot-shot crews and volunteers weren’t the only ones fighting fires in Oregon this year. More than 800 inmates from the state’s correctional institutions…