History
Most of the facilities that now house the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution were built in 1912 and 1913. They were originally built for use as a state mental hospital. As such, the buildings housed the Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training Center until the Oregon legislature authorized their conversion into a men’s medium-security prison in 1983. When the first inmates arrived at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution on 24 June 1985, the prison became Oregon’s first state correctional facility located outside Marion County.
Today, the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution is one of 14 state prisons run by the Oregon Department of Corrections. As of 2009, the prison was the fourth largest employer in Pendleton.
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