Talk:Oregon Department of Corrections

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Source for expansion
"Since 1985, Oregon has expanded its prison system from three institutions based in Salem to 14 prisons scattered throughout the state, many of which were built in economically depressed, remote cities ... where land is inexpensive and jobs are welcome."

Oregon spends a larger percentage (10.9%) of its general fund than any other state on prisons.

The move to rural prisons is popular with local business owners, but recent research and county economic statistics suggest that the prisons have a negative overall impact on local economies.

Present director is Max Williams

From 1851–1951, there was one prison in Oregon.

The Oregon State Penitentiary was built in Portland in 1851 and relocated to Salem in 1866.

Current: "Oregon’s prison industry has grown to 14 facilities, 13,500 inmates, nearly 5,000 jobs and a DOC budget of $1.26 billion. The state now spends more on prisons than on higher education."

"42.5% of the goods and services used in [Oregon] prisons are purchased from Oregon companies."

Measure 17 of 1994 required inmates to work 40 hours a week.

Fundamental changes
1996: constitution amended by Measure 26, from http://www.crimevictimsunited.org/issues/measure26.htm
 * "Laws for the punishment of crime shall be founded on the principles of reformation, and not of vindictive justice." to
 * "Laws for the punishment of crime shall be founded on these principles: protection of society, personal responsibility, accountability for one's actions and reformation."

Measure 40 passed, promoting victims' rights, but was overturned because it amended multiple parts of the constitution, resulting in:

1999: Measures 69-75 (four of seven passed)

Also, we need an article on Arwen Bird and Crime Victims United (Steve Doell could redirect to the latter.) -Pete (talk) 17:28, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

From Goldschmidt article
During his term as Governor of Oregon in the late 1980s, Neil Goldschmidt oversaw a major expansion of the state's prison system. In May 1987 he hired Michael Francke to modernize the state's prisons, which an investigator had described as overcrowded and operated as "independent fiefdoms." Francke was charged with supervising a plan to add over 1000 new beds to the prison system. Francke was murdered in the Department of Corrections parking lot in 1989.

Merge discussion
I think a better solution would be to change the name of the List of Oregon state prisons into List of Oregon prisons and jails. This makes it less redundant and means we can have just one list instead of one for state prisons, one for the federal prison, and one for the jails, and one for any possible private/military/tribal detention facilities that might exist. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:26, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. -Pete (talk) 19:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


 * That works for me. Katr67 (talk) 20:58, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Fallen officers section
It seems the "fallen officers" section isn't terribly notable, and fails due to WP:NOTMEMORIAL. Can anyone rewrite the three possibly notable people on that list? I mean, there should be some text for Harry Tracy, and maybe for Michael Francke and Harry Minto. tedder (talk) 03:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The whole fallen officers thing in general was discussed a while back at the Law Enforcement wikiproject. I'm not sure any conclusions were reached. I'll go see if I can find the thread. Katr67 (talk) 03:56, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, it's been brought up again recently and they referenced the thread I started. I was right, the original thread didn't resolve anything. Here 'tis: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Law_Enforcement. Katr67 (talk) 03:59, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Katr67. It's always nice to know about policy and project discussions I didn't even know existed. FWIW, I see in your edit summary that you agree, but your comments don't really reflect that. tedder (talk) 04:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, sometimes I (probably misuse) edit summaries as a kind of subtext to my talk page comments. (Like the edit summary in this post in which is good-natured teasing.) But it should be clear from the thread I started at WT:LE that I don't think these sections are a good idea. My thoughts on the subject are pretty much complete over there, but in regards to this page, yes, I think prosifying the fallen officers section is the best idea if we don't hear any strenuous objections. I'm not likely to get around to it very soon. If Tiptoety is around maybe he would like to do it, since he's shown an interest in these kind of article before. Katr67 (talk) 17:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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 * Oregon Department of Corrections Organization Chart.pdf