Caron v. Oregon State Penitentiary

Petitioner was found guilty of violating four prison disciplinary rules: destruction of property, OAR 291-105-015(l)(b); possession of a dangerous/deadly weapon or escape device, OAR 291-105-015(4)(i); unauthorized possession of property, OAR 291-105-015(l)(g); and escape, OAR 291-105-015(4)(g). He petitions for review.1 We reverse and remand.

The charges arose from a plot to escape from the penitentiary by sawing through window bars of the culinary department’s butcher shop. The plan was revealed to a corrections officer by Taylor, one of the inmates planning the escape. Taylor implicated…