OAR 255-030-0025: Inmate Accompaniment to Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision Hearing

(1) Purpose: The purpose of these rules is to jointly establish with the Department of Corrections policies and procedures governing who may accompany an inmate in a hearing before the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision. (2) Policy: It is the joint policy of the Department of Corrections and Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision that inmates be permitted to have a person accompany them in hearings before the Board in accordance with ORS 144.123, as provided in these rules. The decision to approve a person's physical access to a Board hearing held within a Department of Corrections facility will be made by the functional unit manager or designee of the facility in which the inmate is confined, in accordance with the department's rules on Facility Access (OAR 291-016) and Visiting (Inmate) (OAR 291-127). A person's physical access to a Department of Corrections facility may be prohibited or restricted by the functional unit manager or designee consistent with these rules; the health, safety and security of staff, inmates, and the public; and with the safe, secure, and orderly operation and management of the facility.