Oregon Code § 421.168·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Transitional leave; rules.
(1) The Department of Corrections shall establish a short-term transitional
leave program. The program shall provide adults in custody with an opportunity
to secure appropriate transitional support when necessary for successful
reintegration into the community prior to the adults discharge to post-prison
supervision.
(2) The
Department of Corrections shall identify each adult in custody who is eligible
for the short-term transitional leave program and shall, in conjunction with
the supervisory authority for the county to which the adult in custody will be
released, assist each eligible adult in custody in preparing a transition plan
and in identifying and applying for an employment, educational or other
transitional opportunity in the community.
(3) If the
transition plan for the adult in custody is approved by the department and is
an essential part of successful reintegration into the community, the
department may grant a transitional leave no more than 120 days before the
discharge date of the adult in custody.
(4) An adult in
custody is not eligible for transitional leave before having served six months
of prison incarceration.
(5) The
department shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section. The
rules must include a set of release conditions for adults in custody released
on transitional leave status. An adult in custody on transitional leave status
is subject to immediate return to prison for any violation of the conditions of
release.
(6) The
provisions of this section do not apply to adults in custody whose sentences
were imposed under ORS 137.635, 137.690, 137.700, 137.707, 164.061, 475.907,
475.925, 475.930 or 813.011 or under a provision of law that prohibits release
on any form of temporary leave from custody. [1989 c.790 §63; 2013 c.649 §§13,15;
2017 c.673 §4; 2019 c.213 §74]