Judge finds Oregon Department of Corrections in contempt for ‘inhumane’ treatment of paralyzed inmate; orders man’s release
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
A cell block at the Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla County in 2014. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/OregonLive)
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A Umatilla County judge has taken the rare step of ordering the release of a paralyzed prisoner serving a Measure 11 sentence after finding Oregon Department of Corrections doctors repeatedly failed to manage his pain with recommended medications, including a narcotic.
Circuit Judge Robert Collins last week held the agency’s medical department in contempt for its “inhumane” treatment of Anthony White, 35.
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