According to a governmental prediction, Oregon’s monthly prison sentence rate has increased since the pandemic but isn’t anticipated to reach pre-pandemic levels until 2029.
According to the state’s most current corrections prediction, Oregon’s jail population decreased by around 2,500 beds over the course of two years beginning in April 2020.
Portland area homicides
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California trucker claims he was asleep, not high, when deadly Oregon crash killed 7 farmworkers; trial begins
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17-year-old slain at Gresham park identified; no arrests made
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Portland man convicted in 2019 killing claims innocence; Beaverton white supremacist gets 5 years; Troutdale man convicted for attempted abuse of Uber driver
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2 teens accused in murder of Portland man who allegedly tried to stop purse-snatching
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Man gunned down in SE Portland 2nd shooting death in Hazelwood neighborhood in January
