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Or. Rev. Stat. § 421.480 (2026)

Return of adult in custody to institution

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      421.480 Return of adult in custody to institution. When the need for the labor of a state adult in custody or local adult in custody transferred to a forest work camp has ceased or when the adult in custody is guilty of any violation of the rules of the Director of the Department of Corrections, the director may return the adult in custody to the institution, county or city from which the adult in custody was transferred. [Amended by 1961 c.656 §6; 1967 c.504 §9; 1987 c.320 §207; 2019 c.213 §96]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1976 · leading case: Palmer v. Oregon State Penitentiary, Corr. Div., 545 P.2d 141 (Or. Ct. App. 1976).
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Palmer v. Oregon State Penitentiary, Corr. Div., 545 P.2d 141 (Or. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “480 provides: "When the need for the labor of a state inmate or local inmate transferred to a forest work camp has ceased or when he is guilty of any violation of the rules of the administrator, the administrator may return him to the institution, county or city from which he…”
State v. Guisinger, 511 P.2d 416 (Or. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 3× “He was then given the choice by the forest camp officials of doing so or of being returned to the county jail pursuant to ORS 421.480. Accordingly, when he did not go to his assigned job, he was returned to the Jackson County jail, as authorized by ORS 421.”
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