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Retired Ore. prison official admits 2 ethics violations

A retired Oregon prison official has agreed to pay $1,000 to the state and admit to two ethics violations following the conclusion of an ethics investigation

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — A retired Oregon prison official has agreed to pay $1,000 to the state and admit to two ethics violations following the conclusion of an ethics investigation.

The Statesman Journal reports Mitch Morrow, former deputy director of the Oregon prison system, negotiated the agreement over the past year with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. The agreement was reached on Friday.

Morrow was criticized in a Department of Justice report for allegedly abusing his office and assuring his son was hired by the Department of Corrections and paid more than is typical for the position.

An ethics investigation found Morrow had not declared his conflicts of interest in writing and had not reported them to the Corrections Director.

Morrow retired in August. He had worked for the prison system since 1983.

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