Section 423.530 – Procedure for determining amount of financial grants; rules.
(1) Financial grants for community corrections pursuant to ORS 423.500 to 423.560 consist of the Grant-in-Aid Program. The Grant-in-Aid Program consists of moneys appropriated to the Department of Corrections for the purposes of management, support services and supervision of offenders described in ORS 423.478 (2). The department shall determine, prior to July 1 of each […]
Section 423.535 – Biennial community corrections plan required; county authority to contract for services.
(1) Prior to receiving funds, the county shall have a biennial community corrections plan. (2) The county and the Department of Corrections shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement referring to the plan. (3) The county may contract with public or private agencies including, but not limited to, other counties, cities, special districts and public or […]
Section 423.540 – Program compliance review by Director of Department of Corrections; effect of failure to comply.
The Director of the Department of Corrections shall biennially review a county’s compliance with the intergovernmental agreement under ORS 423.500 to 423.560. A county must substantially comply with the provisions of its community corrections intergovernmental agreement and plan established pursuant to ORS 423.525 (7). If the director determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe […]
Section 423.549 – State positions in community corrections branch; abolishment; county authority; affected employees; pay.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 236.605 to 236.640, all state positions in the state community corrections branch of the Department of Corrections, the funding for which is transferred to counties, are abolished on January 1, 1997. Counties have sole discretion in the development of methods and means of county community corrections operation under ORS 423.500 to 423.560 […]
Section 423.555 – Statewide program evaluation and information system.
The Department of Corrections shall establish and operate, with the cooperation and participation of county community corrections agencies, a statewide evaluation and information system to monitor the effectiveness of correctional services provided to criminal offenders under ORS 423.500 to 423.560. To the extent of available information systems resources, the system shall permit ongoing evaluation of […]
Section 423.557 – “Recidivism” defined for statistical evaluations.
(1) As used in this section, “recidivism” means the arrest, conviction or incarceration of a person who has previously been convicted of a crime, if the arrest, conviction or incarceration is for a new crime and occurs: (a) Three years or less after the date the person was convicted of the previous crime; or (b) […]
Section 423.560 – Local public safety coordinating council; duties.
(1) The board of county commissioners of a county shall convene a local public safety coordinating council. The council shall include, but need not be limited to: (a) A police chief selected by the police chiefs in the county; (b) The sheriff of the county or, if two or more counties have joined together to […]
Section 423.565 – Additional duties of public safety coordinating council.
In addition to the duties assigned to it under ORS 423.560, the local public safety coordinating council convened by the board of commissioners shall, at a minimum: (1) Develop and recommend to the county board of commissioners the plan for use of state resources to serve the local adjudicated youth population. (2) Coordinate local juvenile […]
Section 423.569 – Annual summary.
(1) The board or boards of county commissioners that have convened a local public safety coordinating council shall publish an annual summary of program, service or budget changes made in response to the recommendations of the local public safety coordinating council described in ORS 423.560 and 423.565. (2) The summary described in subsection (1) of […]
Section 423.600 – Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Restorative justice programs, including facilitated dialogues and responsibility letter banks, can promote justice and healing for crime victims and survivors and can aid adults in custody in the process of rehabilitation; (2) A facilitated dialogue or responsibility letter bank program is most successful when the participants are […]