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Section 169.690 – Establishment of halfway houses and other facilities; advice of facility advisory subcommittee of local public safety coordinating council.

(1)(a) Before the Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Youth Authority or any city, county or other public agency establishes a facility described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the city, county, department, authority or agency shall fully inform the local public safety coordinating council convened under ORS 423.560 of […]

Section 169.730 – Definitions for ORS 169.740 to 169.760.

As used in ORS 169.740 to 169.760: (1) “Isolation” means confinement of a juvenile in any room which lacks toilet facilities, furniture, reading and recreation materials or access to light and air comparable to that in other rooms used for the detention of juveniles. (2) “Roomlock” means confinement of a juvenile in any sleeping room, […]

Section 169.673 – Conversion of state correctional institutions into regional correctional facilities.

(1) The Department of Corrections shall negotiate with Marion County and Umatilla County, respectively, the conversion of Oregon State Correctional Institution and Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution into regional correctional facilities to house both state and county prisoners. The department shall include in the negotiations any other nearby counties desiring to participate in the operation of […]

Section 169.320 – Control over prisoners; work by prisoners.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 169.170 to 169.210, each county sheriff has custody and control of all persons legally committed or confined in the county local correctional facility of the county of the sheriff during the period of the commitment or confinement. Under the direction of the county court or board of county […]

Section 169.330 – Civil liability for release of prisoner.

When a prisoner has been committed to the county local correctional facility to be held until the prisoner has paid a sum of money to a private party, or a fine or penalty to the state, and is permitted to depart the facility without legal order or process, the private party or the state may […]

Section 169.340 – Liability for escape of defendant in a civil action.

(1) A sheriff who suffers the escape of a prisoner, arrested or in a local correctional facility, without the consent or connivance of the party on whose behalf the arrest or imprisonment was made, is liable to an action by such party, as follows: (a) When the arrest is upon an order of arrest in […]

Section 169.350 – Liability for failing to serve papers.

When a sheriff or the officer of the sheriff, upon whom is served a paper in a judicial proceeding directed to a prisoner in the custody of the sheriff or officer, fails to forthwith deliver it to the prisoner, with a note thereon of the time of its service, the sheriff is liable to the […]