The Oregon Department of Corrections is the agency of the U.S. state of Oregon charged with managing a system of 14 state prisons since its creation by the state legislature in 1987. In addition to having custody of offenders sentenced to prison for more than 12 months, the agency provides program evaluation, oversight and funding for the community corrections activities of county governments. It is also responsible for interstate compact administration, jail inspections, and central information and data services regarding felons throughout the state. It has its headquarters in Salem.
Video Oregon Department of Corrections
Facilities
The Oregon Department of Corrections operates 14 facilities across the state, with the Oregon State Penitentiary the only Maximum Security facility.
- Coffee Creek Correctional Facility
- Columbia River Correctional Institution (595 inmate capacity)
- Deer Ridge Correctional Institution
- Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
- Mill Creek Correctional Facility
- Oregon State Correctional Institution
- Oregon State Penitentiary
- Powder River Correctional Facility (366 inmate capacity)
- Santiam Correctional Institution (440 inmate capacity)
- Shutter Creek Correctional Institution (260 inmate capacity)
- South Fork Forest Camp (200 inmate capacity)
- Snake River Correctional Institution
- Two Rivers Correctional Institution
- Warner Creek Correctional Facility (496 inmate capacity)
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Death row
Male death row inmates are held at Oregon State Penitentiary. Women on death row are held at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility until shortly before their execution. The execution chamber is at Oregon State Penitentiary.
Private prisons
The state of Oregon does not use private prisons, and as of 2001 outlawed its former practice of exporting state prisoners to other states.
An effort in 1996 had about 12% of Oregon's prisoner population exported to private facilities run by Corrections Corporation of America in Texas and Arizona. The experiment ended after escapes, sexual contact between guards and inmates at Central Arizona Detention Center, and a controversy related to CCA's housing of 240 Oregon sex offenders in a private facility near Houston Intercontinental Airport. Local authorities were only notified of their presence after two had escaped.
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Oregon Department of Corrections in 1987, ten officers have died in the line of duty.
See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in Oregon
- List of United States state correction agencies
- Oregon Youth Authority
- Oregon Criminal Justice Commission
- Harry Minto
- Harry Tracy
- Michael Francke
References
- "Oregon Department of Corrections - Present Duties and Responsibilities". Oregon Blue Book (Online). Salem, Oregon: Oregon Secretary of State. 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
External links
- Oregon Department of Corrections website
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