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| Oregon Corrections Department pressured independent agency for money and favors, Justice investigators find |
| By oregonlive.com - Les Zaitz |
| Published: 03/04/2013 |
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Oregon's independent prison industries operation for years provided costly "gestures of goodwill" ranging from free executive furniture to $5,000 charity sponsorships to keep happy its main client: the Oregon Department of Corrections. A state Justice Department report obtained by The Oregonian also shows corrections officials saddled their industrial partner -- Oregon Corrections Enterprises -- with troubled prison employees. They included corrections officers accused of assaulting a child, drunk driving and prostitution. And state investigators concluded that Mitch Morrow, Corrections Department deputy director, exerted "improper" influence to get his son a job with OCE. A prison industries executive described OCE's coffers as a "slush fund" for prison officials, but OCE's use of funds is suppose to be largely restricted to inmate labor. Read More. |
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