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DOC officials presented a facilities assessment that identified approximately $626 million in priority‑1 deferred maintenance items — defined in the presentation as critical to health and safety and likely to cause rapid deterioration — and an estimated $823 million in total deferred maintenance from a 2023 analysis of the prior full assessment. The department said a new, statewide facility conditions assessment will begin in 2025.

Administrative Services provided the committee with a breakdown of operating and capital needs. The division's budget was presented as $181.1 million in the Administrative Services portfolio (including about $84.2 million in general funds and $96.9 million in other funds). DOC said it is requesting $70.6 million to address 11 categories of capital repairs (roofs, HVAC, plumbing, hazardous materials abatement, communications and security, electrical, fire marshal repairs, and related items) and $12.3 million in capital construction funds to continue upgrades to the department's wireless communications. The department also said the 2025–27 Governor's Recommended Budget allots $4.5 million in general funds for a feasibility study and conceptual design for a centralized health‑care facility and for planning work on the replacement of the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP).

DOC described institution‑level challenges at OSP, including buildings approaching 100 years of heavy use, single‑pane windows, peeling paint, water infiltration, broken windows, and HVAC systems that have produced extreme internal temperatures in some areas. The presentation said that bringing buildings into ADA compliance, addressing seismic and major maintenance needs, and upgrading HVAC and other systems would require investments that exceed $200 million. A 2024 HVAC assessment was cited as calling for roughly $230 million in HVAC upgrades to meet current standards.

The division also reviewed logistics and operating units: distribution services (four warehouses, a $22.4 million operating budget, an average daily inventory around $9.5 million and roughly $1.6 million in product distributed monthly), five commissaries financed by other funds that operate without general fund support and funnel profits to an inmate welfare fund, and facility services that reported more than 75 construction and infrastructure projects completed in the current biennium, totaling about $40 million.

IT modernization was another focus. DOC said its offender management system (Corrections Information System, or CIS) is a custom system developed in 1989 that runs on an IBM iSeries/AS400 platform and uses COBOL. DOC staff said the aging platform creates cybersecurity and integration challenges, limits data analytics and hiring of skilled programmers, and will require replacement; the department estimated a replacement timeline of roughly six to eight years if funding were available (vendors have rolled similar projects out in other states in as few as three years, DOC said). Administrative Services reported an ITS budget of $43.7 million and roughly 100 ITS staff; the Office of Research and Decision Support (RDDS) was listed with a $3.6 million budget and seven staff.

Why it matters: DOC said deferred maintenance and aging infrastructure create health, safety and operational risks for incarcerated people, staff and the public, and that the current facility and IT conditions complicate health‑care delivery, programming space and reentry supports. Committee members asked for additional data, including recidivism broken down by age and other follow‑up information.

The presentation was delivered as part of an informational hearing on House Bill 5004; DOC said requests for design and construction funding would be brought in future biennia after feasibility and conceptual design work.

Notes: The presentation identified the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP) as needing replacement and described a proposal to create a centralized health‑care campus to serve acute medical, mental health and geriatric care needs.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Joint Committee On Ways and Means Subcommittee On Public Safety 03/12/2025 8:00 AM","oneSentenceSummary","The Department of Corrections told the Public Safety Subcommittee on March 12 that its Administrative Services Division faces large deferred‑maintenance and technology shortfalls and requested near‑term planning and capital funds to address them.","taxTitle","Public Safety, Ways and Means, Joint, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",18852,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6284829,"Oregon DOC presents $370M community corrections budget, urges adoption of updated cost study",2515,1987910,4503860,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2576434-60dd68f9c7a7803a3f9ec1ca92a9b308&start=1987&end=4503","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2576434-60dd68f9c7a7803a3f9ec1ca92a9b308/thumbnail_1987910.jpg","/articles/6284829/Oregon/Oregon-DOC-presents-370M-community-corrections-budget-urges-adoption-of-updated-cost-study","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6284829-aaad11af2f217822e3fbad1b7a6c2bd0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770551065&Signature=mzsig6PLzxplK~~5RXkc4BT3FaU7IzspsCtdIDTDB6hSRWmLDRt659kQMgU9zd~7hi3L5yhSn4jDlyijReQZia3iXHW3WchzZHlDXP6HgOrFoXWBAL3jiTGrBC4g8xBcEyuStrmQPDArwxUjvy7hBEsP~-pOUoqZQH~wgsWUfAQIhVkDt-kf1xh-fE-Z~xl5f5aBF5vAzS7rYXyRd3~CmM0BpYe-I6xXllbHydvoQgJ1D1pdIKj49B9xsnawpMGxmOn9sVSdSTDMRMQKZnvNEYld4EBVGDpM-sNxC8Dt4CGTwbNOc1Lh8aAB74Wk0sGBUk-vScl4HYnvvUJxFKdinw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Department of Corrections told the Public Safety Subcommittee on March 12 that community corrections carries an approximately $370 million biennial budget and urged consideration of an updated six‑year cost study that would increase the department's per‑day capitated supervision rate from $15.09 to $18.18.

Jeremiah Stromberg, Assistant Director for the Community Corrections Division, told the committee that the department passes most community corrections dollars through to counties for supervision, sanctions and services; the presentation said the $370 million figure and the capitated daily rate are used to calculate baseline funding tied to the state forecast that will be updated April 1. DOC said the $15.09 per‑day rate reflects current statutory baseline calculations; a more recent time study and county financials presented to the committee would set the rate at $18.18 per day and, using the October forecast cited by DOC, corresponded to about $68 million in additional funding needs (the department said this number would change with the April forecast).

The agency described funding streams and program supports that the community corrections budget covers: Measure 57 dollars aimed at repeat drug and property offenders, roughly $1.2 million in transitional funds to support the first six months after release, and pass‑throughs for jail reimbursements tied to Senate Bill 395. DOC told the committee that it has run out of some reimbursement funds in recent biennia and that the governor's budget proposes $8 million to cover jail reimbursements in the next biennium.

DOC covered several programs and outcomes. Staff said the short‑term transitional leave program has released more than 14,000 adults in custody early (mostly about 120 days early) over the last decade and reported an 89 percent success rate (no technical‑violation return to DOC and no new crime for the individuals counted). The earned‑discharge program was described as removing more than 13,000 people from supervision early; DOC said that earned discharge remains calculated in a way that preserves county funding so counties are not financially penalized for moving people off supervision. The family sentencing alternative — an intensive supervision program in five counties for single parents to remain in the home with wraparound services — was described as serving about 340 participants and impacting roughly 600 children; DOC said expanding the program to more counties would cost about $500,000 per county for a two‑year period and that the program base budget is roughly $2.2 million to $2.9 million depending on biennium assumptions.

Stromberg described the department's supervision model, oversight of the interstate compact (DOC said it currently supervises about 1,300 individuals on behalf of other states and has roughly 1,200 Oregonians being supervised out of state), and a statutory requirement cited in the presentation that the department conduct a cost study every six years to reset the community corrections budget. DOC told legislators that counties must submit biennial plans to receive pass‑through dollars and that the department performs biennial reviews of county quality and compliance.

Outcome measures presented included a 58 percent employment rate among people on supervision, a treatment engagement rate of about 30 percent, success rates of about 70 percent for those releasing from DOC and about 62 percent for probationers during their supervision periods, and a continuing decline in reconviction and reincarceration rates in recent years compared with earlier periods. DOC said its recent figures compare favorably with national reconviction rates, which it noted vary by state and measurement.

Why it matters: Adopting a newer time and cost study would increase baseline funding for county supervision and potentially avoid an 'opt‑out' consequence in statute (DOC said baseline funding levels drive opt‑out triggers). The committee discussed options — full adoption of the cost study, partial adoption, or not adopting — and DOC noted the governor's budget included a $20 million infusion above baseline in recognition of funding needs.

Committee members asked for follow‑up data including recidivism broken down by age and sentence length. DOC said it would work with the Criminal Justice Commission and provide additional requested analyses.","The Department of Corrections told the Public Safety Subcommittee on March 12 that community corrections carries an approximately $370 million biennial budget and urged consideration of an updated six‑year cost study that would increase the department's per‑day capitated supervision rate from $15.09 to $18.18.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6284839,"Subcommittee approves Oregon State Police application for $400,000 Adam Walsh implementation grant",202,57765,260400,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2576434-60dd68f9c7a7803a3f9ec1ca92a9b308&start=57&end=260","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2576434-60dd68f9c7a7803a3f9ec1ca92a9b308/thumbnail_57765.jpg","/articles/6284839/Oregon/Subcommittee-approves-Oregon-State-Police-application-for-400000-Adam-Walsh-implementation-grant","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6284839-08285f9e5ff96b7bfb4e1dbc5df2d237/orig.mp4?Expires=1770551065&Signature=G3w3xzdVzFBOdXJZSY5bjkfWNt~hOjS~pMVqMRz6lS7sV2dn0N904yAPB5VJFlD2oroj-4K0JHr3nrmH3LpDEUeOS2XQ7tXclSYopJhea1ykDYmjK0iaf~0zyRoN9CpDCChaiP6sMk5gAZN~QlEuRUSfXsj2DQUaUJTB0E8txvKF968xTu~oQI-F9x8t6o4RismPMu~55-Z6NVyILwpLdxlhX0zm3g2XjEr-T0uccHL3kdKDX9D4Qg58~-tnzIV4PbSvqaRsJVbNKIsxUtpHPXkazvfn28hwVqflVWHSLv2cD7AzRgp1tIlIotMww-qeM6RvQmXQNx5z4sOKGyw5uw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Subcommittee members of the Public Safety Subcommittee approved a request on March 12 for the Oregon State Police to apply for a $400,000 Adam Walsh Implementation Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, SMART Office.

The grant opportunity, administered by the SMART Office, funds efforts to implement and maintain the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) standards. According to an LFO overview presented to the subcommittee, the competitive award would support improvements to offender registry systems and costs tied to SORNA compliance; the overview said the grant does not require a state match.

Department of Administrative Services staff recommended approval and the Legislative Fiscal Office recommended the request as well. A committee member moved to approve the LFO recommendation; there was no roll-call vote recorded in the work session transcript and the chair stated the motion passed. The chair assigned the item to Co‑Chair Evans to bring forward to the full joint Ways and Means Committee.

Why it matters: SORNA-related grants are a primary federal funding source for upgrades to sex-offender registry systems and related training and information-sharing efforts across states, tribes and territories. Approval to apply allows the state to seek federal funding that LFO and DAS said would not require state matching funds.

Details presented to the subcommittee included the grant's purpose — to assist jurisdictions in implementing SORNA requirements and to provide training, technical support and information sharing — and the stated award amount of $400,000. The committee record shows the request moved through a work session and was approved for referral; no final award decision was made at the March 12 meeting.","The Public Safety Subcommittee on March 12 approved Oregon State Police's request to apply for a $400,000 Adam Walsh Act implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Justice SMART Office to support SORNA compliance work; the request drew LFO and DAS recommendations and was assigned to Co‑Chair Evans for Ways and Means.","actionData","errors"]

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