Jayson Matthew Withers

Death by Force

On August 29, 2014, Jayson Matthew Withers, a 26-year-old Caucasian male, died from a gunshot wound sustained within the walls of the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton. At approximately 9:00 a.m. in the westside recreation yard, Withers and another inmate, Cameron Hayes, were engaged in a severe assault on a third prisoner. A corrections officer stationed in a guard tower witnessed the altercation and issued commands for the attack to cease.

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KATU: Inmate shot and killed by correctional officer in Eastern Oregon