Two Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies who tried to cover up their failure to make mandatory jail rounds have been sentenced to probation in separate cases. In both of them an inmate under their ...

James Brauckmiller was sentenced to six months bench probation. He must surrender his police certification and resign from ...

A person died at the Multnomah County Detention Center Wednesday, officials said. Deputies found a person unresponsive in a jail cell around 12:15 p.m., the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office ...

The first person to die in a Multnomah County jail since July was a 46-year-old man booked on a theft charge, court records show. Carlos Robert Morris died in the Multnomah County Detention Center ...

The Portland Police Bureau said officers are on the scene negotiating with a suspect after he allegedly fired shots and then ...

Multnomah County’s new district attorney Nathan Vasquez ... In the short term, you’re going to see people being released out of jail because it’s “too full now.” But that “too full ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Kevin Dahlgren is back in Multnomah County Jail after pleading guilty Monday to charges of first ...

Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega-Peterson declared an emergency on Tuesday, announcing that three emergency shelters will open starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Do Good Multnomah, a homeless services nonprofit funded by Multnomah County, plans to close the shelter it operates in the ...

Multnomah County says its new 24-hour sobering ... as a means of providing deflection services to people who accept treatment over jail. That location will be expanded to offer 13 sobering beds ...

The Multnomah County Justice Center in downtown Portland, which houses a jail and four courtrooms, as well as Portland Police Bureau' central precinct. Amanda Troxler / OPB Oregon has failed to ...