The Oregon Department of Corrections this week temporarily suspended a program that sends inmates to work in state forests, campgrounds and parks in response to the April escape of a 14-time felon who was on a crew and now faces attempted murder charges in the beating of two women in the Washington County woods.
The move comes more than five months after Jedaiah Lunn, 36, walked away from a work crew at the Gales Creek Campground in western Washington County and, authorities say, attacked two Japanese women, leaving both with significant injuries.