169.740 Standards for juvenile detention facilities. (1) The standards established in ORS 169.076 to 169.078 apply to juveniles detained in juvenile detention facilities.
(2) In addition, juvenile detention facilities shall:
(a) Provide for personal inspection of each juvenile at least once each hour unless a particular situation requires more frequent inspection;
(b) Provide for personal or electronically monitored supervision on each floor where juveniles are detained;
(c) Provide for separation of detained juveniles from the sight and sound of detained adults. Juveniles may not be placed in facilities that are designated for isolation of adult prisoners in order to meet this standard;
(d) Provide for unrestricted contact between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a period of not less than five hours per day between detained juveniles and their attorneys and unrestricted attorney access to the facility for private attorney-client consultation;
(e) Unless otherwise ordered by the juvenile court following a hearing, provide for the private and unrestricted receipt of and sending of mail; except that incoming mail may be opened in the presence of the juvenile upon reasonable suspicion to believe that the mail contains contraband as defined in ORS 162.135 (1) and that incoming packages shall be opened in the presence of the juvenile and their contents may be held until the juvenile is released. The juvenile shall be informed of any confiscated contraband;
(f) Provide for the payment of postage for the juvenile’s mail to an attorney or to federal, state, county or municipal government officials;
(g) Provide for nondispositional counseling and physical exercise of any juvenile held in excess of five judicial days and cause access to the juvenile held in excess of five judicial d
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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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169.740 Standards for juvenile detention facilities. (1) The standards established in ORS 169.076 to 169.078 apply to juveniles detained in juvenile detention facilities.
(2) In addition, juvenile detention facilities shall:
(a) Provide for personal inspection of each juvenile at least once each hour unless a particular situation requires more frequent inspection;
(b) Provide for personal or electronically monitored supervision on each floor where juveniles are detained;
(c) Provide for separation of detained juveniles from the sight and sound of detained adults. Juveniles may not be placed in facilities that are designated for isolation of adult prisoners in order to meet this standard;
(d) Provide for unrestricted contact between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a period of not less than five hours per day between detained juveniles and their attorneys and unrestricted attorney access to the facility for private attorney-client consultation;
(e) Unless otherwise ordered by the juvenile court following a hearing, provide for the private and unrestricted receipt of and sending of mail; except that incoming mail may be opened in the presence of the juvenile upon reasonable suspicion to believe that the mail contains contraband as defined in ORS 162.135 (1) and that incoming packages shall be opened in the presence of the juvenile and their contents may be held until the juvenile is released. The juvenile shall be informed of any confiscated contraband;
(f) Provide for the payment of postage for the juvenile’s mail to an attorney or to federal, state, county or municipal government officials;
(g) Provide for nondispositional counseling and physical exercise of any juvenile held in excess of five judicial days and cause access to the juvenile held in excess of five judicial days for education pursuant to ORS 336.585;
(h) Provide for the free exercise of religion by a detained juvenile, unless such provision will cause a threat to the security of the facility or a threat of disorderly conduct within the facility;
(i) Make a written report, one copy of which shall be maintained in a general log, of each use of physical force, restraint, isolation, roomlock or internal search, setting forth in detail the reason such action was taken and the name of the staff person taking such action;
(j) Notify the attorney and the parent or guardian of the detained juvenile after the use of any physical force, restraint, isolation or internal search upon the juvenile both:
(A) As soon as reasonable after the use thereof; and
(B) By mailing a copy of the written report within 24 hours after the use thereof;
(k) For juveniles detained in an adult correctional facility, provide for in-person contact by juvenile department staff within 24 hours of the juvenile’s admission and on a daily basis for as long as the juvenile shall remain in the facility; and
(L) Provide for counseling of any detained juvenile found to be within the jurisdiction of the court.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) “Adult” does not include a person who is 18 years of age or older and is alleged to be, or has been found to be, within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS 419C.005.
(b) “Juvenile” means a person alleged to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS 419C.005 and an adjudicated youth. [Formerly 169.079; 1991 c.833 §2; 2003 c.442 §5; 2021 c.489 §17]
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162.135 Definitions for ORS 162.135 to 162.205. As used in ORS 162.135 to 162.205, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)(a) “Contraband” means:
(A) Controlled substances as defined in ORS 475.005;
(B) Drug paraphernalia as defined in ORS 475.525;
(C) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, currency possessed by or in the control of a person confined in a correctional facility; or
(D) Any article or thing which a person confined in a correctional facility, youth correction facility or state hospital is prohibited by statute, rule or order from obtaining or possessing, and whose use would endanger the safety or security of such institution or any person therein.
(b) “Contraband” does not include authorized currency possessed by a person confined in a work release facility.
(2) “Correctional facility” means any place used for the confinement of persons charged with or convicted of a crime or otherwise confined under a court order and includes but is not limited to a youth correction facility. “Correctional facility” applies to a state hospital or a secure intensive community inpatient facility only as to persons detained therein charged with or convicted of a crime, or detained therein after having been found guilty except for insanity of a crime under ORS 161.290 to 161.373.
(3) “Currency” means paper money and coins that are within the correctional institution.
(4) “Custody” means the imposition of actual or constructive restraint by a peace officer or a parole and probation officer as defined in ORS 181A.355, pursuant to an arrest or court order, but does not include detention in a correctional facility, youth correction facility or a state hospital.
(5) “Escape” means the unlawful departure of a person from custody or a correcti
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
169.730 Definitions for ORS 169.740 to 169.760. As used in ORS 169.740 to 169.760:
(1) “Isolation” means confinement of a juvenile in any room which lacks toilet facilities, furniture, reading and recreation materials or access to light and air comparable to that in other rooms used for the detention of juveniles.
(2) “Roomlock” means confinement of a juvenile in any sleeping room, other than an isolation room, except during regular sleeping periods; except that, in the case of facilities serving counties with a population less than 70,000, based on the 1980 census, “roomlock” does not include confining a juvenile in a sleeping room when all detained juveniles of the same sex are similarly confined due solely to the limitations of physical facilities or staff. [1981 c.869 §1a]