Oregon Administrative Code

291-127-0490 Service Animals (1) Visitors arriving with a service animal will be responsible to ensure that the service animal is properly controlled and behaved at all times. (2) Visitors may be asked the following in relation to the service animal: (a) To remove any apparel the…

291-127-0495 Visiting Room Protocol (1) Facility employees will assign seating appropriate for the size and make-up of the group, and space availability. Once visitors and adults in custody have been assigned seating in the visiting area, changing location requires approval of th…

291-127-0500 Exchanging Items with Adults in Custody (1) Visitors will not exchange or give any object or article to an adult in custody other than vending machine items if approved by the visiting facility. (2) Paper items produced by children during the visiting session with pr…

291-127-0505 Early Termination of Visits (1) The functional unit manager or designee may terminate a visit at any time due to space limitations or as deemed necessary to maintain the safety, security, health, and good order of the facility, or the safety and security of other adu…

291-127-0510 Suspension or Removal from Adult in Custody Visiting List (1) Visitors found in violation of one or more of these rules are subject to sanctions as directed by the functional unit manager or designee. Sanctions for visitors found in violation of these rules are liste…

291-127-0515 Administrative Review (1) Request for Administrative Review by Director’s Designee: (a) An adult in custody or prospective visitor may request administrative review of a decision denying a visiting application by submitting a completed administrative review for denia…

291-130-0005 Authority, Purpose, and Policy (1) Authority: The authority for this rule is granted to the Director of the Department of Corrections in accordance with ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030, and 423.075. (2) Purpose: The purpose of this rule is to establish policy and proce…

291-130-0006 Definitions (1) Access to Inmate Telephone System: An inmate’s use of a personal identification number (PIN) and validated voice recognition to connect to the inmate telephone system. (2) Functional Unit Manager: Any person within the Department of Corrections who re…

291-130-0011 Operation of Inmate Telephones (1) Inmates shall provide their personal identification number (PIN) and validated voice recognition to gain access to the inmate telephone system. (a) Inmates are responsible to maintain the security of their access information. (b) An…

291-130-0016 General Provisions for Inmate Telephones (1) All calls must be placed as collect or prepaid. Only collect or prepaid calls can be made from telephones designated for inmate use. (2) The functional unit manager or designee has the authority to restrict telephone calls…

291-130-0021 Legal Calls (1) The department shall maintain a list of legal telephone numbers entitled the “legal call list.” Inmate calls to attorneys whose telephone numbers appear on the legal call list will not be monitored or recorded by the department. The legal call list sh…

291-130-0025 Operation and General Provisions of VIP Calls (1) Inmates are required to provide their personal identification number (PIN) and comply with a validation process to gain access to the inmate telephone system to make VIP calls. (2) The same provisions that apply to te…

291-130-0026 Monitoring, Termination and Blocking of Telephone and VIP Calls (1) All telephone calls and VIP calls are subject to monitoring and recording by the department except for legal telephone calls. (a) Directly above each group of monitored telephones, a sign shall be po…

291-130-0030 Emergency Access (1) All requests for emergency telephone calls from inmates, or a member of the public due to a death or serious illness of a person with a substantial relationship to an inmate may be approved by the officer-in-charge, inmate's counselor, or the cha…

291-130-0050 Use of Institution Telephones (Inside Lines) (1) Inmates inside a facility will not answer outside lines unless specifically authorized in writing by the functional unit manager/designee. (2) Inmates authorized and assigned by a staff member may answer an institution…

291-130-0060 Location of Telephones and Hours of Telephone Use (1) The functional unit manager/designee shall designate hours for inmate telephone use. (2) Telephones located in recreational areas; i.e., yard, multi-purpose, shall normally be available during the normal hours inm…

291-130-0080 Remaining Telephone Fund Balances Upon Release Remaining funds balances received from the inmate telephone service provider will be deposited to individual inmate trust accounts as per the department’s rule on Trust Accounts (OAR 291-158-0045) less a processing fee i…

291-131-0005 Authority, Purpose, and Policy (1) Authority: The authority for these rules is granted to the Director of the Department of Corrections in accordance with ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030, and 423.075. (2) Purpose: The purpose of these rules is to establish Department o…

291-131-0010 Definitions (1) Adult in Custody (AIC): Any person under the supervision of the Department of Corrections who is not on parole, probation, or post-prison supervision status. (2) Adults on Supervision: Any person under the supervision of the Department of Corrections …

291-131-0015 General (1) The functional unit manager or designee will ensure employees responsible for mailroom operations are properly trained prior to assignment. (2) Adults in custody shall not send, receive, transfer, or possess mail that violates the provisions of these rule…

291-131-0020 Outgoing Mail (1) Outgoing mail must be written with lead or color pencil, pen, nontoxic markers or be typewritten or photocopied. (2) Outgoing mail shall be enclosed in an approved Department of Corrections envelope with U.S. Postage. The envelope shall contain the …

291-131-0021 Outgoing Mail Restriction (1) The department may prohibit an adult in custody from sending unwanted mail to a particular person or address when requested by the person or, in the case of a minor child, by the child's parent or legal guardian. (2) A request for outgoi…

291-131-0025 Incoming Mail (1) Incoming mail shall have on the front of the envelope free from obstruction, the sender's first and last name or organization name and return address, and shall be addressed to the adult in custody using their court name and state identification num…

291-131-0026 Electronic Messaging (1) Availability and Adult in Custody Access: (a) The Department of Corrections may, in its sole discretion, authorize eligible adults in custody in certain Department of Corrections facilities to exchange electronic messages with friends and fam…

291-131-0030 Examination and Inspection of Legal Mail and Official Mail (1) Legal mail and official mail shall be afforded special processing as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this rule. (a) To qualify for special processing, mail that otherwise qualifies as legal mail or…

291-131-0032 Corrections Ombudsman Mail Mail that is addressed to or from the Corrections Ombudsman shall be processed in accordance with the requirements of ORS 423.440. Specifically, a letter to the Corrections Ombudsman from an adult in custody shall be forwarded immediately, …

291-131-0035 Prohibited Mail The following materials constitute prohibited mail that shall be confiscated or returned to the sender: (1) Sexually Explicit Material: (a) Sexually explicit material that by its nature or content poses a threat or is detrimental to the security, good…

291-131-0037 Disposition of Prohibited Mail (1) Mail, if not confiscated, will be returned to the U.S. Postal Service or other authorized mail service provider for not meeting requirements provided in these rules. (2) Contraband: (a) Illegal contraband or evidence of a crime shal…

291-131-0050 Administrative Review (1) Correspondence and Publications: (a) Non-AIC Sender: (A) A non-AIC sender who has received a mail violation and publication violation notice or a mail confiscation notice for written or pictorial content may obtain an independent review of t…

291-133-0005 Authority, Purpose, and Policy (1) Authority: The authority for this rule is granted to the Director of the Department of Corrections in accordance with ORS 137.285, 179.040, 423.020, 423.030, and 423.075, and 2007 Or Laws, Chapter 99. (2) Purpose: To establish Depar…

291-133-0010 Definitions (1) Applicant: For the purposes of these rules, "applicant" refers to an inmate incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility who submits a Request for Inmate Marriage or Domestic Partnership Solemnization Ceremony form. (2) Death Row Status: An in…

291-133-0015 Marriage or Domestic Partnership Solemnization Ceremony Application, Approval, and Eligibility Requirements (1) An inmate incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility wishing to marry or have a domestic partnership solemnization ceremony may obtain necessary …

291-133-0025 Marriage or Domestic Partnership Solemnization Ceremony (1) Staff will arrange for the marriage or domestic partnership solemnization ceremony to be scheduled in the area designated after all necessary forms are processed and confirmations have been made. (2) All gue…

291-133-0035 Inmate-to-Inmate Marriages and Domestic Partnership Solemnization Ceremonies (1) An applicant satisfying the eligibility requirements of OAR 291-133-0015, except subsection (5)(d), may be permitted to marry or enter a domestic partnership with another applicant provi…

291-139-0100 Authority, Purpose, and Policy (1) Authority: The authority for these rules is granted to the Director of the Department of Corrections in accordance with ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 and 423.075. (2) Purpose: The purpose of these rules is to establish Department of…

291-139-0110 Definitions (1) Active Case: A case or proceeding that is pending before a court or paroling authority. (2) Cursory Review: A quick scan of documents conducted by the library coordinator or other corrections staff to verify that the documents belong to the inmate and…

291-139-0120 Access to Law Library Services and Equipment (1) General: (a) Within the inherent limitation of resources and the need for facility security, safety, health, and order, and subject to operational contingencies, all inmates will be afforded reasonable opportunities to…

291-139-0130 Law Library Services (1) Operations and Procedures: (a) Each facility will post normal law library hours of operation. (b) Work space will be provided for inmate use in all facility law libraries. (c) Assigned legal assistants will be provided work space and access t…

291-139-0140 Special Housing Law Library Services (1) Inmates assigned to special housing will be afforded reasonable access to law library services through intra-facility telephone and loan systems, satellite law library materials, computer equipment in or near the special housi…

291-139-0150 Library Coordinators (1) Library coordinators are responsible for supervising facility legal libraries and the provision of law library services to inmates, including the activities of the assigned legal assistants. (2) The library coordinator oversees the prioritiza…

291-139-0160 Legal Assistants (1) Legal assistants are assigned to work in the facility law library by the library coordinator to help guide and assist other inmates in legal research and document preparation on a prioritized basis as assigned by the library coordinator. A minimu…

291-139-0170 Print, Photocopy, and Mailing Services (1) Printing and Photocopy Services: (a) Printing and photocopy services will be made available to inmates in the facility law library for duplication of legal documents at the inmate's expense. An inmate must have sufficient fu…

291-139-0180 Indigent Inmates (1) Two categories of inmates will qualify for indigent status: (a) A Priority Legal User who is without sufficient funds in the inmate’s trust account to pay for the costs of necessary supplies, photocopies and mailing services at the time of the re…

291-139-0190 Storage, Control, and Disposition of Legal Materials (1) General: (a) Each inmate may possess and store their own legal materials as authorized by the department in accordance with the department's rules on Personal Property (Inmate) (OAR 291-117). (b) Each inmate is…

291-141-0005 Authority, Purpose and Policy (1) Authority: The authority for these rules is granted to the Director of the Department of Corrections in accordance with ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030, and 423.075. (2) Purpose: The purpose of these rules is to establish uniform guide…

291-141-0010 Definitions (1) Adult in Custody: Any person under the supervision of the Department of Corrections who is not on parole, probation, or post-prison supervision status. (2) Department of Corrections Facility: Any institution, facility, or staff office, including the g…

291-141-0015 Services (1) Information regarding general library services will be a part of the adult in custody's orientation to the Department of Corrections facility. (2) Each Department of Corrections facility with a library coordinator shall provide adult in custody library s…

291-141-0020 Schedule (1) At facilities with a general library that allows in-person library book and material check out, a schedule of general library hours will be posted in areas convenient for adult in custody observation and notification. (2) This schedule will afford adults…

291-141-0035 Returned, Overdue, Lost, and Damaged Library Books and Materials (1) When transferring to another Department of Corrections facility, adults in custody shall make every effort to leave all general library books and materials at their originating facility. If an adult…

291-141-0040 Legal Library Services Legal library services to adults in custody residing in Department of Corrections facilities will be provided in accordance with the department’s rules on Legal Affairs (AIC) (OAR 291-139). Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.0…