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The Oregon Department of Corrections faces another wrongful death lawsuit after an inmate died, allegedly after a delayed cancer diagnosis.

The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

The mother of an Oregon inmate who died in prison has filed a $4 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections, alleging the agency waited nearly a year to test and diagnose her son when warning signs for prostate cancer emerged.

The mother of an Oregon inmate who died in prison has filed a $4 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections, alleging the agency waited nearly a year to test and diagnose her son when warning signs for prostate cancer emerged.

The mother of an Oregon inmate who died in prison has filed a $4 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections, alleging the agency waited nearly a year to test and diagnose her son when warning signs for prostate cancer emerged.

Disability Rights Oregon wants a court order that will hold Oregon State Hospital accountable for failing to admit patients from jails within seven days

Disability Rights Oregon wants a federal judge to hold the state in contempt of court for failing to move people from jails into Oregon State Hospital for

Disability Rights Oregon wants a federal judge to hold the state in contempt of court for failing to move people from jails into Oregon State Hospital for mental health care within a court-ordered deadline of seven days.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has hired two key staffers to serve in legislative and policy roles in his administration.

Oregon's largest county plans to have a 24-hour sobering and crisis stabilization center to help people make their first steps toward recovery from drug addiction.