Section 169.650 – Status of facility operated by Department of Corrections.
A regional correctional facility operated under agreement by the Department of Corrections is not a state institution but it may be located in the same buildings as are used for a facility authorized by ORS 421.805. [1971 c.636 §7; 1987 c.320 §100]
Section 169.660 – Status of persons confined in facility operated by Department of Corrections; assignment to regional facility.
(1) Persons confined in a regional correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections shall be considered to be in the custody of the department and shall be subject to such rules as the department may prescribe. (2) Persons committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections may be assigned to Department of Corrections […]
Section 169.670 – Transfer of persons to facility operated by Department of Corrections; costs; return; exception.
Whenever the governing body of a county or city transfers a misdemeanant or violator or a person with pretrial or post-trial status to a regional correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections, the county or city shall pay the cost of transportation to and from the facility and other expenses incidental thereto, including the […]
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 169.677 – Converted facilities to house felony or misdemeanant prisoners.
If a Department of Corrections institution is made to operate as a regional correctional facility pursuant to agreement under ORS 169.673, the purposes of the institution shall include the imprisonment of either felony or misdemeanant prisoners, or both, of the parties to the agreement under which the facility is operated. [1985 c.708 §7; 1987 c.320 […]
Section 169.610 – Policy.
It is the policy of the Legislative Assembly to encourage better rehabilitative care to misdemeanants by encouraging the establishment of regional correctional facilities that can effectively provide a program that not only includes better custodial facilities than can be provided by cities or counties individually, but also that can provide work release, educational and other […]
Section 169.620 – “Regional correctional facility” defined.
As used in ORS 169.610 to 169.677, “regional correctional facility” means a correctional facility operated pursuant to agreement as described in ORS 169.630 and used to house prisoners of the parties to the agreement, such prisoners having either pretrial or post-trial status. [1971 c.636 §2; 1985 c.708 §2]
Section 169.630 – Joint establishment or operation of facilities; agreement.
(1) Two or more counties, two or more cities, any combination of them, or the State of Oregon in combination with one or more cities or counties or both, may by agreement entered into pursuant to ORS 190.003 to 190.620, construct, acquire or equip, or may by such agreement operate, a regional correctional facility. (2) […]
Section 169.635 – Provision of personal hygiene products.
Regional correctional facilities shall make available tampons, sanitary pads, postpartum pads and panty liners at no cost to all prisoners for use in connection with vaginal discharge. Facilities shall maintain a sufficient supply, which shall be stored, dispensed and disposed of in a sanitary manner. The supply of products available shall include at least the […]
Section 169.640 – Status of facility for custody of misdemeanants and violators.
(1) For purposes of sentencing and custody of a misdemeanant, a regional correctional facility shall be considered a county local correctional facility. (2) For purposes of sentencing or custody of a person for violating a city ordinance, the regional correctional facility shall be considered a city local correctional facility. [1971 c.636 §4; 1973 c.740 §27]