ORS 423.020
Department of Corrections

  • duties and powers
  • fees

(1)

The Department of Corrections is created. The department shall:

(a)

Supervise the management and administration of the Department of Corrections institutions, parole and probation services, community corrections and other functions related to state programs for corrections;

(b)

Carry out legally mandated sanctions for the punishment of persons committed to its jurisdiction by the courts of this state;

(c)

Exercise custody over those persons sentenced to a period of incarceration until such time as a lawful release authority authorizes their release;

(d)

Provide adequate food, clothing, health and medical care, sanitation and security for persons confined;

(e)

Provide persons who are motivated, capable and cooperative with opportunities for self-improvement and work;

(f)

Conduct investigations and prepare reports for release authorities; and

(g)

Supervise persons sentenced or placed in the community for the period of time specified and in accordance with conditions of supervision ordered by the release authority.

(2)

The Department of Corrections may provide consultation services related to the criminal justice system to local or statewide public or private agencies, groups, and individuals, or initiate such consultation services. Consultation services shall include, but not be limited to, conducting studies and surveys, sponsoring or participating in educational programs, and advising and assisting these agencies, groups or individuals. Nothing in chapter 320, Oregon Laws 1987, is intended to diminish the state’s efforts to plan, evaluate and deliver effective human services programs to offenders, either in an institution or on probation or parole. Therefore, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services shall continue to jointly develop and implement needed social and rehabilitative services, including services for adults in custody housed in regional minimum security facilities.

(3)

The Department of Corrections shall be the recipient of all federal funds paid or to be paid to the state to enable the state to provide corrections programs and services assigned to the Department of Human Services before June 15, 1987.

(4)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may charge a person confined in a Department of Corrections institution a reasonable health care fee for any health care services, medications and equipment provided the person during the person’s confinement if the department:

(a)

Provides necessary medical care regardless of the person’s ability to pay;

(b)

Provides equal treatment to all persons confined in a department institution regardless of a person’s ability to pay;

(c)

Establishes a system that notifies the person of the fees and what services are covered; and

(d)

Establishes a grievance system that allows a person to challenge the deduction of a fee from the person’s account.

(5)

The department may provide ordinary medical, dental, psychiatric, psychological, hygienic or other remedial care and treatment for a person under 18 years of age who is confined in a Department of Corrections institution and, in an emergency in which the safety of the person appears urgently to require it, may authorize surgery or other extraordinary care. [1965 c.616 §2; 1967 c.352 §1; 1967 c.585 §6; 1969 c.597 §98; 1971 c.401 §107; 1987 c.320 §1; 1995 c.523 §2; 2001 c.195 §1; 2019 c.213 §143]
Note: The Legislative Counsel has not, pursuant to 173.160 (Powers and duties of Legislative Counsel in preparing editions for publication), undertaken to substitute specific ORS references for the words “chapter 320, Oregon Laws 1987.” Chapter 320, Oregon Laws 1987, enacted into law and amended the ORS sections which may be found by referring to the 1987 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 22 of Oregon Revised Statutes.

Source: Section 423.020 — Department of Corrections; duties and powers; fees, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors423.­html.

Notes of Decisions

Duty of Department of Corrections to provide for safety of inmates carries implicit legislative authorization to conduct administrative searches to intercept contraband. AFSCME Local 2623 v. Dept. of Corrections, 109 Or App 662, 820 P2d 892 (1991), aff’d315 Or 74, 843 P2d 409 (1992)

Law Review Citations

53 OLR 58 (1973)

423.010
Definitions for ORS 423.010 to 423.070
423.020
Department of Corrections
423.030
Department not limited by ORS 423.020
423.035
Application of ORS 411.171 (1)
423.045
Handgun or ammunition on department property
423.055
Provision of personal hygiene products
423.070
Deposit and disbursement of funds received under Western Interstate Corrections Compact
423.075
Director
423.076
Director’s authority to grant peace officer power to corrections officer
423.077
Certification of department employees to provide mental health services
423.078
Visitors
423.085
Administrator of Correctional Education
423.090
Establishment or designation of diagnostic facilities
423.093
Reimbursement of expenses from prisoner
423.097
Department of Corrections Account
423.100
Revolving fund
423.105
Payment of court-ordered financial obligations
423.110
Acceptance of moneys for reentry services
423.120
Supplemental funding for reentry of young offenders
423.150
Treatment for drug-addicted persons
423.160
Bill of rights of children of incarcerated parents
423.400
Office established
423.405
Qualifications for office
423.410
Term
423.415
Deputy and additional officers and employees
423.420
General duties and powers
423.425
Investigatory authority
423.430
Investigative priority
423.435
Recommendations following investigation
423.440
Letters between ombudsman and persons in custody
423.445
Witness rights
423.450
Contempt proceedings against person interfering with ombudsman
423.475
Findings
423.478
Duties of department and counties
423.483
Baseline funding
423.486
Costs incurred by county
423.490
Department reimbursement of counties for costs incurred pursuant to ORS 813.011
423.497
National criminal history check
423.500
Definitions for ORS 423.500 to 423.560
423.505
Legislative policy on program funding
423.520
Financial grants to counties for community corrections programs
423.525
Application for financial aid
423.530
Procedure for determining amount of financial grants
423.535
Biennial community corrections plan required
423.540
Program compliance review by Director of Department of Corrections
423.549
State positions in community corrections branch
423.555
Statewide program evaluation and information system
423.557
“Recidivism” defined for statistical evaluations
423.560
Local public safety coordinating council
423.565
Additional duties of public safety coordinating council
423.569
Annual summary
423.600
Legislative findings
423.605
Definition
423.610
Liability of persons associated with program
423.615
Rules
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