NCJ Number
80343
Date Published
1980
Length
86 pages
Annotation
Recommendations of the Oregon Governor's Task Force on Regional Correctional Facilities are presented.
Abstract
The Task Force was formed to develop a comprehensive correctional facilities plan for Oregon. The Task Force recommends that as a first priority, 750 new medium-security bed spaces should be constructed for the combined use of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties. In addition, the State should consider the construction of a 320-bed medium-security regional facility for the combined use of Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties and the State. New correctional facilities in Oregon should be constructed to meet the standards established by the American Correctional Association. The State should assume management responsibility for regional correctional facilities. Construction of regional correctional facilities should be funded 100 percent by the State, but participating counties should pay for the bed spaces and programs used by them in a regional correctional facility on a cost per diem basis. Community corrections programs should be maintained at their present levels of funding. The State should formulate, as part of its planning effort for regional facilities, an operations program that takes full advantage of services now available through community corrections and field services programs. Tables and figures are provided. (Author summary modified)