Title 34, Human Services; Juvenile Code; Corrections

The Governor is authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular and the Governor may in the discretion of the Governor delegate this authority to the Director of the Department of Corrections. [1991 c.302 §3]

The State Forester shall make reasonable efforts to use local available crews within Oregon before calling on fire suppression units from other states. [1991 c.302 §4] INSTITUTIONAL INDUSTRIES AND COMMODITIES

(1) Subject to the authority of the Director of the Department of Corrections over care, custody and control of adults in custody and of corrections institutions, in carrying out the powers and duties generally described by ORS 421.354, Oregon Corrections Enterprises may: (a) Ins…

(1) The Department of Corrections or Oregon Corrections Enterprises may enter into contracts or agreements with any agency of the federal government providing for the sale to such agency of goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, mined or produced in any of the Department of Co…

There is established Oregon Corrections Enterprises, a semi-independent agency. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall assign or appoint an administrator who shall serve at the pleasure of the director. The administrator shall have authority to do all things necessar…

(1) The administrator of Oregon Corrections Enterprises shall establish, by the issuance of a policy directive or order, an advisory council consisting of not fewer than three members to provide policy input concerning Oregon Corrections Enterprises operations and its discharge o…

In addition to the advisory council required by ORS 421.347, the administrator may establish, by the issuance of a policy directive or order, one or more advisory committees, bodies or advisors to advise and assist Oregon Corrections Enterprises in discharging its functions and d…

(1) The provisions of ORS chapters 182, 183, 240, 270, 273, 276, 279A, 279B, 279C, 283, 291, 292 and 293 and ORS 35.550 to 35.575, 183.710 to 183.730, 183.745, 183.750, 184.345, 190.430, 190.490, 200.035, 236.605 to 236.640, 243.303, 243.305, 243.315, 243.696, 243.853 to 243.855,…

(1) Oregon Corrections Enterprises may engage eligible adults in custody in state corrections institutions in work or on-the-job training. This authority is subject to the authority granted the Director of the Department of Corrections by section 41, Article I of the Oregon Const…

(1) A state agency shall not charge Oregon Corrections Enterprises for services or products provided by the agency in an amount that exceeds the amount the agency charges other state agencies for the same services or products. (2) Oregon Corrections Enterprises shall pay the cost…

All income and revenues generated or received by Oregon Corrections Enterprises shall remain within, and are continuously appropriated to, Oregon Corrections Enterprises for the purposes of discharging the functions and duties prescribed by section 41, Article I of the Oregon Con…

(1) All persons employed by the Department of Corrections in inmate work programs on December 2, 1999, shall be offered continuation of their employment with Oregon Corrections Enterprises. Those employees who continue employment with Oregon Corrections Enterprises shall retain t…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General, at the request of Oregon Corrections Enterprises, shall identify one or more assistant attorneys general to provide legal services related to the adult in custody work programs of Oregon Corrections Enterprises. At…

(1) Oregon Corrections Enterprises shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly regarding Oregon Corrections Enterprises activities and operations for the preceding year. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 421.352, Oregon Corrections Enterprises shall provide to the Or…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no officer or employee of this state shall receive the use or profit of the labor or services of any adult in custody of a Department of Corrections institution, or be directly or indirectly interested in any contract or w…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Corrections or Oregon Corrections Enterprises may enter into a contract with a person for the purchase or donation of fruit, vegetables or other crops for use or consumption in state institutions. The contract may …

The Department of Corrections may enter into a contract with any person whom it considers advisable in connection with a Department of Corrections institution for employment of adults in custody therein in clearing unimproved land in the state. [Amended by 1959 c.687 §23; 1965 c.…

Notwithstanding any other law, an adult in the custody of the Department of Corrections may not perform electrical or plumbing work unless under the direct supervision of a licensed electrician or plumber who is a regular status employee of the department or of Oregon Corrections…

(1) Adults in custody who participate in programs operated by the Department of Corrections or Oregon Corrections Enterprises shall be permitted to retain a portion of compensation earned, if any, for their personal use as determined and established by the Director of the Departm…

(1) The Department of Corrections may enter into contracts for the purchase or other acquisition, transfer or disposition of supplies, materials, equipment, products and other personal property, and services for the following prison operations and programs: (a) Prison work and on…

(1) The Department of Corrections may create accounts and subaccounts as reasonably required to discharge the functions and duties prescribed by section 41, Article I of the Oregon Constitution, including accounts and subaccounts for the deposit of income generated from prison wo…

(1) The Department of Corrections and Oregon Corrections Enterprises each may acquire or develop intellectual property of any kind, whether patentable or copyrightable or not, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, inventions, discoveries, processes and ideas. (2) The departm…

(1) Notwithstanding any other law, adults in custody participating in a program operated by the Department of Corrections or Oregon Corrections Enterprises may be supervised by an employee or agent of a local, state or federal governmental agency pursuant to an agreement between …

As used in ORS 421.455 to 421.480, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Local adult in custody” means a person sentenced by a court or legal authority to serve sentence in a county or city jail, but does not include a child detained by order of the juvenile court. (2) “Sta…

(1) The Director of the Department of Corrections shall establish at places in state forests recommended by the State Board of Forestry one or more forest work camps at which state adults in custody and local adults in custody may be employed. Only such state adults in custody as…

(1) Upon the requisition of the State Forester, the superintendent shall send at the time and to the place designated as many state adults in custody requisitioned from the institution under the supervision of the superintendent as have been determined under rules adopted by the …

(1) Subject to ORS 421.468, the governing body of a county or city in this state may transfer a local adult in custody to the temporary custody of the Department of Corrections solely for employment at a forest work camp established under ORS 421.455 to 421.480. The county or cit…

(1) A local adult in custody may not be transferred under ORS 421.467 without the prior approval of the Director of the Department of Corrections. The director shall return each local adult in custody to the county or city from which the local adult in custody was transferred at …

(1) The Director of the Department of Corrections has authority over the forest work camps except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. (2) The State Forester shall assign and supervise the work of the state adults in custody and local adults in custody, which work shall…

The Director of the Department of Corrections shall determine and establish compensation, if any, to be paid to adults in custody assigned to work in forest work camps. The director shall adopt rules providing for the disposition of any compensation earned under this section. [19…

When the need for the labor of a state adult in custody or local adult in custody transferred to a forest work camp has ceased or when the adult in custody is guilty of any violation of the rules of the Director of the Department of Corrections, the director may return the adult …

In addition to camps established under ORS 421.455 to 421.480 the Department of Corrections may execute agreements for the establishment and operation of work camps for adults in custody in minimum custody of Department of Corrections institutions in cooperation with all public a…

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Substance use disorders negatively impact adults in custody at a significantly greater frequency than nonincarcerated individuals in the community. (2) Substance use disorders should be considered chronic illnesses for which effective trea…

As used in ORS 421.502 to 421.512: (1) “Cognitive restructuring” means any rehabilitation process that redirects the thinking of an offender into more socially acceptable directions and that is generally accepted by rehabilitation professionals. (2) “Department” means the Departm…

(1) The Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, shall establish a structured special alternative incarceration program. The program: (a) Shall reflect evidence-based practices; (b) Shall provide for cognitive restructuring in confor…

The Department of Corrections shall establish an intensive alternative incarceration addiction program. The program shall: (1) Address addiction as a chronic disease, recognizing that participants have individualized needs and different recovery progressions; (2) Require complian…

(1) The Department of Corrections may not suspend or terminate an alternative incarceration program in its entirety for more than five consecutive days unless the department has considered all other alternative actions, including modification of the program or the delivery of the…

(1)(a) The Department of Corrections is responsible for determining which offenders are eligible to participate in, and which offenders are accepted for, a program. However, the department may not release an offender under subsection (4) of this section unless authorized to do so…

(1) The Department of Corrections shall establish a process for providing regular updates and explanations, in writing, to adults in custody participating in an alternative incarceration program about changes to or decisions concerning the program, and any effect on release dates…

(1) The Department of Corrections may consider an offender for nonprison leave under this section if the court has entered the order described in ORS 137.751. (2) Nonprison leave shall provide offenders with an opportunity to secure appropriate transitional support when necessary…

(1) The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 421.504, 421.506, 421.507, 421.508 and 421.509. (2) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall adopt or amend rules as necessary to integrate the programs into sentencing guidelines. [1993 c.…

(1) The Department of Corrections, in partnership with the circuit court and community corrections agencies of participating counties and the Department of Human Services, shall establish the Family Sentencing Alternative Program. (2) A defendant is eligible for the Family Senten…

(1) For the purposes of this section: (a) “Medical treatment program” means a treatment program based on a successful medical model that has been proven to reduce recidivism and that is within the range of treatments generally recognized as acceptable within the medical community…

The Oregon State Penitentiary, located in Salem, Marion County, shall be used as a Department of Corrections institution for the imprisonment of male persons committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections. [Formerly 421.010; 1971 c.212 §3; 1987 c.320 §208a]

(1) The Department of Corrections may not seek authorization for construction or expansion of new correctional facilities or expansion of existing correctional facilities in this state unless the department: (a) Has evaluated the availability and cost of using correctional facili…

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) There is a serious and urgent need to construct and operate additional correctional facilities in this state to accommodate current and projected prison populations. (2) Immediate corrections facility planning and siting requires an expedi…