Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 421.155 (2026)

Dangerous offenders to be observed and treated

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421.155 Dangerous offenders to be observed and treated. Any person sentenced under ORS 161.725 and 161.735, shall be given such physical, mental and psychiatric observation and treatment as is available and may tend to rehabilitate such person and make possible the earliest possible release from the Department of Corrections institution in which such person is confined, with the least possible danger to the health and safety of others. [Formerly 421.232; 1971 c.743 §364; 1987 c.320 §173]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1974–2009 · leading case: Kent v. Cupp, 554 P.2d 196 (Or. Ct. App. 1976).

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Kent v. Cupp, 554 P.2d 196 (Or. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 8× “It seems apparent that ORS 421.155 by its very terms is a further expression of legislative intent to implement Article I, Section 15 of the Oregon Constitution in a meaningful but realistic way.”

Patterson v. Foote, 204 P.3d 97 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “980 (pertaining to the maintenance of a directory of “rehabilitative programs,” defined in part as programs designed to treat alcohol and drug abuse, to prevent criminal sexual behavior, or to modify a propensity to commit crimes, among other purposes); ORS 421.155 (persons…”

Cook v. Zenon, 810 P.2d 864 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). “He alleges that ORS 421.155 requires defendant to provide him with any available physical, mental and psychiatric observation and treatment to enable him to be released at the earliest possible date with the least possible danger to the health and safety of others.”

DeBolt v. Cupp, 522 P.2d 1395 (Or. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 3× “He does not contest the validity of his sentencing in this habeas corpus proceeding, but argues that certain requirements have been placed upon the state by ORS 421.155 ① which have not been met. This statute provides: “Any person sentenced under ORS 161.”

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