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The Two Rivers Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Umatilla,
* Jeremy Joseph Christian (born 1982) was the perpetrator of the
Local press description
1999 establishments in Oregon Buildings and structures in Umatilla County, Oregon Government buildings completed in 1999 Men's prisons Prisons in Oregon {{Oregon-gov-stub
Umatilla County, Oregon
Umatilla County () is one of the List of counties in Oregon, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. The population of 81,826 ranks it as the 14th largest in Oregon, and largest in Eastern Oregon. Hermiston, Oregon, Hermiston is the largest ci ...
on the Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook language, Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin language, Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river headwater ...
, 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 f ...
.
The facility opened in 1999, was completed in 2000, and holds a maximum of 1632 inmates at a mix of custody levels 1 (minimum) to 5 (maximum).
Notable inmates
* 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 Port ...
. He is serving two consecutive life sentences without parole.
* Ward Francis Weaver III (born 1963) was convicted of killing two teenage girls, Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, in Oregon City, OR, in 2002. Weaver is currently serving two 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 metropolitan area, metro area with its urban area, core in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington (state), Washington. It has 5 principal cities, the largest being Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Office of Man ...
between 1975 and 1993. He is currently serving a life sentence without parole.
*Joshua Abraham Turnidge – One perpetrator of the Woodburn bank bombing.
References
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Local press description
1999 establishments in Oregon Buildings and structures in Umatilla County, Oregon Government buildings completed in 1999 Men's prisons Prisons in Oregon {{Oregon-gov-stub