Oregon Code § 421.455·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Forest
work camps; restrictions on placement at camps.
(1) The Director of the Department
of Corrections shall establish at places in state forests recommended by the
State Board of Forestry one or more forest work camps at which state adults in
custody and local adults in custody may be employed. Only such state adults in
custody as are determined by the Department of Corrections to require minimum
security may be placed at a forest work camp, but the Department of Corrections
may not place an adult in custody at a forest work camp if the department is aware
that the adult in custody has ever been convicted of:
(a) Rape in the
first degree, as described in ORS 163.375.
(b) Rape in the
second degree, as described in ORS 163.365.
(c) Rape in the
third degree, as described in ORS 163.355.
(d) Sodomy in the
first degree, as described in ORS 163.405.
(e) Sodomy in the
second degree, as described in ORS 163.395.
(f) Sodomy in the
third degree, as described in ORS 163.385.
(g) Unlawful
sexual penetration in the first degree, as described in ORS 163.411.
(h) Unlawful
sexual penetration in the second degree, as described in ORS 163.408.
(i) Sexual abuse
in the first degree, as described in ORS 163.427.
(j) Sexual abuse
in the second degree, as described in ORS 163.425.
(k) Any crime in
any other jurisdiction that would constitute a crime described in this
subsection if presently committed in this state.
(L) Any attempt
to commit a crime described in this subsection.
(2) The State
Board of Forestry may make contracts with any other state agency in order to
effectuate the purposes of this section and ORS 421.465, 421.470 and 421.476. [Amended
by 1965 c.616 §72; 1967 c.504 §5; 1987 c.320 §201; 1987 c.478 §1; 1991 c.386 §13;
1991 c.830 §12; 2019 c.213 §91; 2021 c.97 §46]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 421.455
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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