Oregon
Oregon prison reports 35-year-old man died in custody Saturday
A 35-year-old man serving a sentence on the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem died of unspecified causes Saturday morning, in accordance with the state corrections division.
Jesse Michael Banks “handed away on the facility,” in accordance with a information launch that the state issued on Sunday afternoon. It provided no particulars however stated the state health worker will decide Banks’ reason for loss of life.
Jesse Michael Banks died Saturday morning on the Oregon State Penitentiary, the place he was serving a sentence for assaulting a public security officer and aggravated harassment.
Banks was serving time after he pleaded responsible in October 2022 to 2 prices of aggravated harassment and one cost of assaulting a public security officer for incidents that passed off in 2019 and 2020, in accordance with court docket information. In accordance with the state Division of Corrections, Banks’ earliest launch date would have been March 20, 2025. Banks had beforehand been convicted of assaulting a public security officer in 2018, in addition to different crimes together with third-degree theft.
— Hillary Borrud