Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 421.605 (2026)
Location and use of penitentiary
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421.605 Location and use of penitentiary. The Oregon State Penitentiary, located in Salem, Marion County, shall be used as a Department of Corrections institution for the imprisonment of male persons committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections. [Formerly 421.010; 1971 c.212 §3; 1987 c.320 §208a]
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cases, 1987–1988 · leading case: Gage v. Maass, 759 P.2d 1049 (Or. 1988).
Gage v. Maass, 759 P.2d 1049 (Or. 1988). “The Oregon State Penitentiary, of which defendant is superintendent, is the “Department of Corrections institution for the imprisonment of male persons committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections,” ORS 421.605, and is the institution in which plaintiff is confined.”
Batten v. Corr. Div., 733 P.2d 915 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “ORS 421.605 to ORS 421.705. It is also authorized to establish and operate work camps for minimum custody inmates, such as the one to which inmate defendants were transferred.”
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