Portland man gets 22 years in killing, escape from Oregon State Hospital
Christopher Pray fatally shot Silas High Hawk once in the thigh during a fight in the Cully neighborhood in 2021.
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Christopher Pray fatally shot Silas High Hawk once in the thigh during a fight in the Cully neighborhood in 2021.
A federal agency approved a Plan of Correction from the Oregon State Hospital on Tuesday after an "extremely dangerous" inmate escaped custody while being transferred to the hospital in 2023.
The hospital's plan of corrective action includes new staff training, procedures for preventing escape and alternative methods of patient restraint.
Oregon State Hospital, a public mental hospital in Salem, is at risk of having its Medicare agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services terminated in 90 days after an “extremely dangerous” patient charged with “serious violent crimes” escaped custody using a hospital transportation van on Aug. 30, 12 hours after they were admitted to the hospital, a report by the CMS states.
At least seven people escaped from police custody while in the hospital since August; some are still at large. One man at large is suspected of committing other crimes while on the run.