The Two Rivers Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in
Umatilla,
Umatilla County, Oregon
Umatilla County () is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,075. Hermiston is the largest city in Umatilla County, but Pendleton remains the county seat. Umatilla County is part of ...
on the
Columbia River, owned and operated by the
Oregon Department of Corrections
The Oregon Department of Corrections is the agency of the U.S. state of Oregon charged with managing a system of 12 state prisons since its creation by the state legislature in 1987. In addition to having custody of offenders sentenced to prison ...
.
The facility opened in 1999, was completed in 2000, and holds a maximum of 1632 inmates at a mix of medium and minimum security levels.
Notable inmates
Living inmates
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Jeremy Joseph Christian (born 1982) was the perpetrator of the
2017 Portland train attack
On May 26, 2017, Jeremy Joseph Christian fatally stabbed two men and injured a third after he was confronted for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs at two black teenagers, Destinee Mangum and Walia Mohamed, on a MAX Light Rail train in Portl ...
. Sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole.
Department of Corrections Oregon Offender Search
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* Josue Perez-Patricio (born 1999) was convicted of sexual abuse and unlawful sexual penetration of an 8 year old child, while he was still a teenager of in Tigard Oregon. He abused his own 8 year old niece, 6 year old nephew and another child; age unknown. Sentenced in 2018, to be released in 2029.
* Ward Francis Weaver III (born 1963) was the convicted killer of two teenage girls, Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, in Oregon City, OR, in 2002. Weaver is currently serving 2 Life Sentences for the murders.
* Jeffrey Paul Cutlip (born 1949) was convicted of murdering two women and a teenage girl in the Portland metropolitan area
The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered on the principal city of Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) identifies it as the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, ...
between 1975 and 1993. He is currently serving a life sentence without parole.
* Darren Dee Oneall convicted rapist and murderer serving consecutive life sentences.
References
External links
local press description
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Prisons in Oregon
Buildings and structures in Umatilla County, Oregon
1999 establishments in Oregon