Substantial budget cuts are in sight for the Department of Corrections Budget (Senate Bill 5504) including community corrections and funding for county corrections programs. SB 5504 passed out of the joint ways and means subcommittee [...]
After months of budget discussions and strong advocacy efforts by the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) and partners, including sheriffs, district attorneys, formerly incarcerated people, crime survivor advocates, business leaders, and treatment survivors, Senate Bill [...]
On March 25, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Public Safety will hold its first public hearing on SB 5504, the Department of Corrections budget. Advocates from various stakeholder groups will testify [...]
AOC President Bill Hall and Marion County Sheriff Jason Myers testified March 23 to the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Public Safety during the Department of Corrections (DOC) budget presentations. The corrections department budget [...]
AOC in partnership with the Department of Corrections is offering a tour of the Oregon State Penitentiary for elected county leaders and legislators/legislative aides on Monday, September 12th from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Please register by [...]