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OR prison on lockdown
By The Oregonian
Published: 01/22/2007

PORTLAND, OR - Minor scuffles are a regular fact of life behind bars in Oregon. But the 27-man brawl that erupted Saturday between rival Latino gangs at the state's medium-security prison in Salem was the kind of melee Oregon's prisons have seen only half a dozen times in the past 10 years.

"We have a pretty mellow prison system," said Ron Lawson, executive vice president of the Association of Oregon Correctional Employees. He said corrections officers and inmates generally maintain good communications. Read more.

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