169.070 Coordination of state services by Department of Corrections; inspections to determine compliance with standards. (1) The Department of Corrections shall provide and coordinate state services to local governments with respect to local correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall designate staff to provide technical assistance to local governmental agencies in the planning and operation of local correctional facilities, lockups, temporary holds and juvenile detention facilities, and advice on provisions of state law applicable to these facilities. The department shall inspect local correctional facilities, lockups, temporary holds and juvenile detention facilities, to ensure compliance with the standards established in ORS 169.076 to 169.078, 169.740 and 419A.059.
(2) In carrying out its duties under subsection (1) of this section, the department may enter into agreements with public or private entities to conduct inspections of local correctional facilities, lockups, temporary holds and juvenile detention facilities.
(3) When a county that operates a local correctional facility has conducted, or caused a public or private entity to conduct, an inspection of the local correctional facility within 24 months before an inspection would be conducted under subsection (1) of this section, the department is not required to conduct the next inspection required under subsection (1) of this section if:
(a) The standards meet or exceed the standards established in ORS 169.076;
(b) The inspection is conducted in a manner that allows the county to satisfy the requirement of paragraph (c) of this subsection; and
(c) Within 45 days after the inspection is completed, the county provides to the department:
(A)
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Chapter 169 — Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities
2025 EDITION
LOCAL CORRECTIONAL AND JUVENILE FACILITIES
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
DEFINITIONS
LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS FOR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF SHERIFF
REGIONAL FACILITIES
PROVISION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TELEPHONE SERVICES
HALFWAY HOUSES
JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES
MISCELLANEOUS
JAIL-BASED MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER GRANT PROGRAM
DEFINITIONS
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169.070 Coordination of state services by Department of Corrections; inspections to determine compliance with standards. (1) The Department of Corrections shall provide and coordinate state services to local governments with respect to local correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall designate staff to provide technical assistance to local governmental agencies in the planning and operation of local correctional facilities, lockups, temporary holds and juvenile detention facilities, and advice on provisions of state law applicable to these facilities. The department shall inspect local correctional facilities, lockups, temporary holds and juvenile detention facilities, to ensure compliance with the standards established in ORS 169.076 to 169.078, 169.740 and 419A.059.
(2) In carrying out its duties under subsection (1) of this section, the department may enter into agreements with public or private entities to conduct inspections of local correctional facilities, lockups, temporary holds and juvenile detention facilities.
(3) When a county that operates a local correctional facility has conducted, or caused a public or private entity to conduct, an inspection of the local correctional facility within 24 months before an inspection would be conducted under subsection (1) of this section, the department is not required to conduct the next inspection required under subsection (1) of this section if:
(a) The standards meet or exceed the standards established in ORS 169.076;
(b) The inspection is conducted in a manner that allows the county to satisfy the requirement of paragraph (c) of this subsection; and
(c) Within 45 days after the inspection is completed, the county provides to the department:
(A) A statement or copy of the standards used to conduct the inspection and the date the standards were adopted; and
(B) A portion of the findings and recommendations of the inspection that is the equivalent of the information that would have been obtained in an inspection conducted under subsection (1) of this section.
(4) The information provided to the department under subsection (3) of this section is a public record for the purposes of ORS 192.311 to 192.478 and is subject to the same disclosure requirements and retention schedule that applies to an inspection conducted under subsection (1) of this section. [1973 c.740 §2; 1979 c.338 §2; 1979 c.487 §2; 1987 c.320 §91; 1993 c.33 §310; 2003 c.475 §1; 2013 c.63 §1; 2019 c.382 §19]
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Oregon criminal law — ORS Title 16 (2025 snapshot) · legal_authorities
169.076 Standards for local correctional facilities. Each local correctional facility shall:
(1) Provide sufficient staff to perform all audio and visual functions involving security, control, custody and supervision of all confined detainees and prisoners, with personal inspection at least once each hour. The supervision may include the use of electronic monitoring equipment when approved by the Department of Corrections and the governing body of the jurisdiction in which the facility is located.
(2) Have a comprehensive written policy with respect to:
(a) Legal confinement authority.
(b) Denial of admission.
(c) Telephone calls.
(d) Admission and release medical procedures.
(e) Medication and prescriptions.
(f) Personal property accountability that complies with ORS 133.455.
(g) Vermin and communicable disease control.
(h) Release process to include authority, identification and return of personal property.
(i) Rules of the facility governing correspondence and visitations.
(3) Formulate and publish plans to meet emergencies involving escape, riots, assaults, fires, rebellions and other types of emergencies, and regulations for the operation of the facility.
(4) Not administer any physical punishment to any prisoner at any time.
(5) Provide for emergency medical and dental health, having written policies providing for:
(a) Review of the facility’s medical and dental plans by a licensed physician, physician associate, naturopathic physician or nurse practitioner.
(b) The security of medication and medical supplies.
(c) A medical and dental record system to include request for medical and dental attention, treatment prescribed, prescriptions, special diets and other services provided.
(d) First aid supplies and staff first aid training.
(6) Prohibit f