Two Rivers Correctional Institution


The Two Rivers Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Umatilla, Umatilla County, Oregon on the Columbia River, owned and operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections. The facility employs approximately 440 people, with 280 of those being security personnel. The design of the facility departs from typical campus type prison designs, as it was intended to meet the state of Oregon’s constitutional mandate that requires all inmates to be engaged in productive work for 40 hours per week. The facility primarily houses inmates classified between custody levels 1-4 but can also hold level 5 inmates with special medical needs.
Groundbreaking for the facility began on April 5, 1997. Construction was completed and the facility fully opened in March 2000. The final housing unit was constructed in September 2001. Later that year, inmates took control of housing unit and assaulted two staff at the facility. A riot control team had to be deployed to quell the disturbance. The riot caused approximately $57,000 in damage. In 2002, a dialysis clinic was opened at the facility. As of 2016, it is the only dialysis clinic located within a male prison in Oregon.

Notable inmates