ORS 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 (Receipts for property taken from person in custody).

(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 assistant, 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 firearms from the security area of the facility except in times of emergency as determined by the administrator of the facility.

(7)

Ensure that confined detainees and prisoners:

(a)

Will be fed daily at least three meals served at regular times, with no more than 14 hours between meals except when routinely absent from the facility for work or other purposes.

(b)

Will be fed nutritionally adequate meals in accordance with a plan reviewed by a registered dietitian or the Oregon Health Authority.

(c)

Be provided special diets as prescribed by the facility’s designated physician, physician assistant, naturopathic physician or nurse practitioner.

(d)

Shall have food procured, stored, prepared, distributed and served under sanitary conditions, as defined by the authority under ORS 624.041 (Rules).

(8)

Ensure that the facility be clean, and provide each confined detainee or prisoner:

(a)

Materials to maintain personal hygiene.

(b)

Clean clothing twice weekly.

(c)

Mattresses and blankets that are clean and fire-retardant.

(9)

Require each prisoner to shower at least twice weekly.

(10)

Forward, without examination or censorship, each prisoner’s outgoing written communications to the Governor, jail administrator, Attorney General, judge, Department of Corrections or the attorney of the prisoner.

(11)

Keep the facility safe and secure in accordance with the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code and Fire and Life Safety Code.

(12)

Have and provide each prisoner with written rules for prisoner conduct and disciplinary procedures. If a prisoner cannot read or is unable to understand the written rules, the information shall be conveyed to the prisoner orally.

(13)

Not restrict the free exercise of religion unless failure to impose the restriction will cause a threat to facility or order.

(14)

Safeguard and ensure that the prisoner’s legal rights to access to legal materials are protected.

(15)

In addition to the items listed in subsection (8) of this section, make available tampons, sanitary pads, postpartum pads and panty liners at no cost to all confined detainees and prisoners for use in connection with vaginal discharge. Facilities shall maintain a sufficient supply, which shall be stored, dispensed and disposed of in a sanitary manner. The supply of products available shall include at least the following:

(a)

Regular absorbent and super absorbent tampons;

(b)

Regular absorbent and super absorbent sanitary pads;

(c)

Postpartum pads; and

(d)

Regular absorbent panty liners. [1979 c.487 §6 (enacted in lieu of 169.075); 1987 c.320 §92; 2005 c.471 §6; 2009 c.595 §116; 2013 c.63 §2; 2014 c.45 §29; 2017 c.356 §20; 2019 c.213 §46; 2019 c.489 §1]

Source: Section 169.076 — Standards for local correctional facilities, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors169.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

Notes of Decisions

Under former similar statute (ORS 169.075)

Where county had exercised authority under [former] ORS 203.120 by establishing local correctional facility, terms of this section requiring compliance with Uniform Building Code were applicable and fact that requirements of applicable provision were unclear did not excuse trial court from construing requirements and fashioning decree granting alternative writ of mandamus. State ex rel Watson v. Rader, 36 Or App 847, 585 P2d 769 (1978)

169.005
Definitions for ORS 169.005 to 169.685 and 169.730 to 169.800 169.030
Construction, maintenance and use of local correctional facilities by county and city 169.040
Inspection of local correctional facilities 169.042
Maximum facility population 169.044
Action on recommendation 169.046
Notice of county jail population emergency 169.050
Contracts for boarding of prisoners 169.053
Agreements with other counties or Department of Corrections for confinement and detention of offenders 169.055
Contracts with Department of Corrections for county prisoners awaiting sentencing 169.070
Coordination of state services by Department of Corrections 169.072
Provision of services or assistance by Department of Corrections through arrangements with local governments 169.076
Standards for local correctional facilities 169.077
Standards for lockup facilities 169.078
Standards for temporary hold facilities 169.080
Effect of failure to comply with standards 169.085
Submission of construction or renovation plans to Department of Corrections 169.090
Manual of guidelines for local correctional facility operation 169.105
Unconscious person not to be admitted to custody in facility 169.110
Time credit for good behavior 169.115
Temporary leave 169.120
Credit for work 169.140
Furnishing prisoners food, clothing and necessary medical aid 169.150
Payment of expenses of keeping prisoners 169.151
Expenses of keeping prisoners 169.152
Liability for costs of medical care for persons in county facility 169.153
Liability of public agency for costs of medical care provided to persons in transport 169.155
Definitions for ORS 169.155 and 169.166 169.166
Liability for costs of medical services 169.170
Assignment of county prisoners to public works 169.180
Assignment of city prisoners to public works 169.190
Transfer of prisoners to another county for public work 169.210
Contracts for private employment of prisoners 169.220
Care of county prisoners 169.320
Control over prisoners 169.330
Civil liability for release of prisoner 169.340
Liability for escape of defendant in a civil action 169.350
Liability for failing to serve papers 169.360
Appointment of keeper of local correctional facility 169.610
Policy 169.620
“Regional correctional facility” defined 169.630
Joint establishment or operation of facilities 169.635
Provision of personal hygiene products 169.640
Status of facility for custody of misdemeanants and violators 169.650
Status of facility operated by Department of Corrections 169.660
Status of persons confined in facility operated by Department of Corrections 169.670
Transfer of persons to facility operated by Department of Corrections 169.673
Conversion of state correctional institutions into regional correctional facilities 169.677
Converted facilities to house felony or misdemeanant prisoners 169.681
Limit on telephone service provider fee or commission 169.683
Requirements for request for proposals 169.685
Inmate Welfare Fund Account 169.690
Establishment of halfway houses and other facilities 169.730
Definitions for ORS 169.740 to 169.760 169.740
Standards for juvenile detention facilities 169.750
Restrictions on operation of juvenile detention facilities 169.760
Juvenile detention facilities to establish written policy 169.770
Release of detained juvenile when detention facility violates standards 169.800
Detention of juveniles before conviction and execution of sentence 169.810
Assumption of duties by regional correctional facility constitutes assumption by public employer

Current through early 2026

§ 169.076. Standards for local correctional facilities's source at oregon​.gov