OAR 291-207-0015: General Guidelines

(1) The department will utilize case management strategies, in conjunction with the Oregon Accountability Model in order to involve all employees in managing inmates to reinforce the department mission to hold inmates accountable for their actions and reduce the risk of future criminal behavior. (2) Correctional Case Management will be used to coordinate with all other institution business units to provide appropriate work, housing, educational, programmatic, and transitional interventions to determine the inmate’s case planning and supervision throughout the inmate’s incarceration. (3) Correctional Case Management will provide the framework for responsible management of inmate placements and transition, in support of evidence-based practices for case planning. (4) The Correctional Case Management approach will be used to approve inmate transfers from one institution to another, based on a holistic correctional programming approach that facilitates each individual inmate’s rehabilitation.