United States · Oregon · Pendleton
Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
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Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Umatilla County, Oregon. Rated capacity: 1,682. Reported population: 1,692. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution is one of 14 state prisons in Oregon, United States. The prison is located in Pendleton, Oregon. The facility was originally built in 1912 as the Eastern Oregon State Hospital, a hospital for long-term mental patients, but was converted into a prison in 1983. In addition to providing confinement housing, food service, and medical care, the correctional facility offers education, vocational training, and work opportunities within the prison. Inmates at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution produce Prison Blues garments, an internationally marketed clothing line.
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Capacity
1,682
Current population
1,692
Occupancy
101%
Year opened
1985
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Oregon Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1985
Region
Oregon
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 101% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- North Kern State Prison (Nksp)DelanoMediumState prison167% occupancy
- Valley State Prison (Vsp)ChowchillaMediumState prison180% occupancy
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5330351)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/eastern-oregon-correctional-institution
"Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/eastern-oregon-correctional-institution.
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