Oregon State Correctional Institution

{{Infobox prison

| prison_name = Oregon State Correctional Institution

| image =

| location = Salem, Oregon, United States
{{Coord|44.897|-122.949|type:landmark_region:US-OR_source:googlemapssatellite|display=inline,title}}

| status = Operational

| classification = Medium (male)

| capacity = 880

| opened = {{Start date and age|1959|06|01}}

| managed_by = Oregon Department of Corrections

|warden=Josh Highberger|city=Salem|state=Oregon|website=https://www.oregon.gov/doc/about/Pages/prison-locations.aspx}}

Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI) is a {{convert|33|acre|m2|adj=on}} medium security men's prison located three miles east of Salem, Oregon, United States. It is operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections. The prison was established by an act of the Oregon State Legislature in 1955 and opened in 1959. OSCI typically houses younger inmates,{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} including young adults who began their sentence in a youth detention center.{{cite web |title=DOC Operations Division: Oregon State Correctional Institution |url=http://www.oregon.gov/DOC/OPS/PRISON/osci.shtml#Commonly_Requested_Information |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603070329/https://www.oregon.gov/doc/about/pages/prison-locations.aspx#Commonly_Requested_Information |archive-date=2023-06-03 |accessdate=2024-08-10 |publisher=Oregon Department of Corrections}}

Inmates at OSCI are permitted to work in its print shop and mail room, and provide telephone services for the Oregon DMV.{{cite web

|url=http://www.oregon.gov/DOC/PUBAFF/docs/pdf/IB_62_OSCIfacts.pdf

|title=Oregon State Correction Institution Facts

|publisher=Oregon Department of Corrections

|accessdate=August 16, 2011

}} Inmates may also access education programs, drug and alcohol treatment, and mental health treatment.

{{As of|2024|August}}, OSCI has a maximum capacity of 888 inmates, with approximately 350 beds designated for transitional release inmates who go through programs intended to prepare them for release to the community.{{Efn|"Transitional release inmates" are inmates who are scheduled to be released within 6 months.}}

History

OSCI held its first LGBT Pride event in June 2024.{{Cite web |last=Cortez |first=Kanani |title=Oregon prison celebrates its first Pride event |url=https://www.streetroots.org/news/2024/07/10/oregon-prison-celebrates-its-first-pride-event |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716035727/https://www.streetroots.org/news/2024/07/10/oregon-prison-celebrates-its-first-pride-event |archive-date=2024-07-16 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=www.streetroots.org |language=en}}

Facility and programs

The facility includes a Japanese healing garden designed by Hoichi Kurisu. Over 200 inmates–particularly those in the Asian Pacific Family Club–took lead roles in the fundraising process and helped to physically build the garden.{{Cite web |last=Truong |first=Kevin |date=2019-10-10 |title=How this Japanese garden could change the landscape of lockup |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/oregon-prison-s-new-garden-holds-promise-transforming-correctional-landscapes-n1061726 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609225707/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/oregon-prison-s-new-garden-holds-promise-transforming-correctional-landscapes-n1061726 |archive-date=2023-06-09 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=NBC News |language=en-US}} It was completed in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Lerner |first=Will |date=2023-04-03 |title=The Healing Power of a Garden: Oregon State Penitentiary’s Memorial Healing Garden |url=https://japanesegarden.org/2023/04/03/memorial-healing-garden/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207083702/https://japanesegarden.org/2023/04/03/memorial-healing-garden/ |archive-date=2024-12-07 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Portland Japanese Garden |language=en-US}} Inmates volunteer to maintain the garden, and it serves as a form of therapy.

Programs available to immates include:

Service dog training{{Cite web |last=Elhelw |first=Amal |date=2024-04-06 |title=Inmates grow, gain skills training service dogs at Oregon prison: 'Something I get to be proud of' |url=https://www.kptv.com/2024/04/07/inmates-grow-gain-skills-training-service-dogs-oregon-prison-something-i-get-be-proud/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812064737/https://www.kptv.com/2024/04/07/inmates-grow-gain-skills-training-service-dogs-oregon-prison-something-i-get-be-proud/ |archive-date=2024-08-12 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=FOX12 Oregon |language=en}}

Notable inmates

class="wikitable sortable"
width=13%\|Inmate Name !width=10%\|Register Number !width=28%\|Status !width=35%\|Details
style="text-align:center;"\| Kipland Philip Kinkel \|style="text-align:center;"\| 12975669 \| Sentenced to 111–112 years, making him eligible for parole in 2110, at which he would be 128-years-old, effectively making it a life sentence with no parole.{{Cite web \|date=1999-11-10 \|title=112 Years For School Shooter \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/112-years-for-school-shooter/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110075240/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/112-years-for-school-shooter/ \|archive-date=2024-01-10 \|access-date=2024-01-30 \|website=CBS News \|language=en-US}} \| Perpetrator of the 1998 Thurston High School shooting in which he murdered 2 people and injured another 26. He had murdered his parents before the shooting.{{Cite web \|last=Barnard \|first=Jeff \|date=1999-11-10 \|title=Oregon School Shooter Gets 112 Years \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/pmextra/nov99/10/kinkel.htm \|access-date=2024-01-30 \|website=Washington Post}}{{Cite web \|last=Claiborne \|first=William \|date=1998-05-22 \|title=Youth Jailed in Oregon School Rampage \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/juvmurders/stories/oregon.htm \|access-date=2024-01-30 \|website=Washington Post}}{{Cite news \|last=Verhovek \|first=Sam Howe \|date=1999-11-11 \|title=Teenager To Spend Life in Prison For Shootings \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/11/us/teenager-to-spend-life-in-prison-for-shootings.html \|access-date=2024-01-30 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news \|last=Goodstein \|first=Laurie \|date=1998-05-22 \|title=SHOOTINGS IN A SCHOOL: THE SUSPECT; 15-Year-Old Seen by Some As Troubled and Violent \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/22/us/shootings-school-suspect-15-year-old-seen-some-troubled-violent.html \|access-date=2024-01-30 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}

class="wikitable sortable"

width=13%|Inmate Name

!width=10%|Register Number

!width=28%|Status

!width=35%|Details

style="text-align:center;"| Kipland Philip Kinkel

|style="text-align:center;"| 12975669

| Sentenced to 111–112 years, making him eligible for parole in 2110, at which he would be 128-years-old, effectively making it a life sentence with no parole.{{Cite web |date=1999-11-10 |title=112 Years For School Shooter |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/112-years-for-school-shooter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110075240/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/112-years-for-school-shooter/ |archive-date=2024-01-10 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}

| Perpetrator of the 1998 Thurston High School shooting in which he murdered 2 people and injured another 26. He had murdered his parents before the shooting.{{Cite web |last=Barnard |first=Jeff |date=1999-11-10 |title=Oregon School Shooter Gets 112 Years |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/pmextra/nov99/10/kinkel.htm |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Claiborne |first=William |date=1998-05-22 |title=Youth Jailed in Oregon School Rampage |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/juvmurders/stories/oregon.htm |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Washington Post}}{{Cite news |last=Verhovek |first=Sam Howe |date=1999-11-11 |title=Teenager To Spend Life in Prison For Shootings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/11/us/teenager-to-spend-life-in-prison-for-shootings.html |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Goodstein |first=Laurie |date=1998-05-22 |title=SHOOTINGS IN A SCHOOL: THE SUSPECT; 15-Year-Old Seen by Some As Troubled and Violent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/22/us/shootings-school-suspect-15-year-old-seen-some-troubled-violent.html |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Footnotes

References

External links

{{URL|https://www.oregon.gov/doc/about/pages/prison-locations.aspx|About Us}}, Oregon Department of Corrections list of prisons

Category:1959 establishments in Oregon

Category:Buildings and structures in Salem, Oregon

Category:Government buildings completed in 1959

Category:Men's prisons

Category:Prisons in Oregon