Oregon Statutes 421.210 – Transfer of adults in custody to contract institutions; term of confinement
After entering into a contract under ORS § 421.205, the Department of Corrections may convey persons convicted of a felony in the courts of this state and sentenced to the legal and physical custody of the department to the jurisdiction named in the contract. They shall be delivered to the authorities of the contracting jurisdiction and, unless they are eligible for any form of temporary or transitional leave from custody, work release or a program of conditional or supervised release, that is authorized by the department, shall remain confined until their respective sentences have expired or until they are otherwise discharged by law. [Amended by 1959 c.290 § 10; 1969 c.502 § 15; 1973 c.444 § 2; 1987 c.320 § 182; 2013 c.130 § 1]
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 421.210
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Oregon Statutes 421.005
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
[1955 c.309 § 2; 1959 c.290 § 11; 1959 c.687 § 12; 1969 c.502 § 16; repealed by 1973 c.444 § 3]