ORS 144.096: Release plan; contents; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1)(a) The Department of Corrections shall prepare a proposed release plan for an adult in custody and submit the proposed release plan to the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision prior to the release. (b) If the proposed release plan is not approved by the board, the board shall return the plan to the department with its recommended modifications. The department shall submit a revised plan to the board prior to the release. (c) If the revised plan is not acceptable to the board, the board shall determine the provisions of the final plan prior to the release. (d) The department, in consultation with the board, shall by rule establish deadlines by which a proposed release plan described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and a revised plan described in paragraph (b) of this subsection must be submitted to the board prior to release. (e) If an adult in custody was sentenced under ORS 144.099 and the release plan recommends that the adult in custody participate in a reentry court, the board shall provide a copy of the release plan to the reentry court. (2) The local supervisory authority that is responsible for correctional services for an adult in custody shall prepare a proposed release plan for the adult in custody prior to the release from jail. The local supervisory authority shall approve the release plan under its rules. If the adult in custody was sentenced under ORS 144.099 and the supervisory authority recommends that the adult in custody participate in a reentry court, the supervisory authority shall provide a copy of the release plan to the reentry court. (3) A release plan prepared under subsection (1) or (2) of this section must include: (a) A description of support services and program opportunities available to the adult in custody, including any transitional housing or treatment programs to which the adult in custody has been accepted; (b) The recommended conditions of post-prison supervision; (c) The level of supervision that shall be consistent with the risk assessment classification of the adult in custody; (d) Any other conditions and requirements as may be necessary to promote public safety; (e) For all adults in custody whose sentence to make restitution under ORS 137.106 has been suspended for the term of imprisonment, a restitution payment schedule; and (f) Any conditions necessary to assist the reformation of the adult in custody. [1989 c.790 §32; 1997 c.525 §6; 2013 c.649 §§30,35; 2017 c.40 §§1,2; 2017 c.438 §§1,2; 2019 c.213 §§26,27; 2025 c.557 §44] Sec. 31. Sections 32 to 36 of this 1989 Act [144.096, 144.098, 144.102, 144.104, 144.106 and 144.108] apply only to defendants convicted of a felony committed on or after November 1, 1989. [1989 c.790 §31]
Official history and status
History: Note: Section 31, chapter 790, Oregon Laws 1989, provides:
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 255-033-0050: Final Determinations — authority
- OAR 255-036-0005: Parole Consideration Hearings — implements
- OAR 255-036-0010: Evaluations — implements
- OAR 255-036-0015: Department of Corrections Written Reports — implements
- OAR 255-036-0020: Request for Review Prior to Release Hearing Date — implements
- OAR 255-036-0030: Parole Supervision — implements
- OAR 255-037-0005: Release Hearings — implements
- OAR 255-037-0010: Evaluations — implements
- OAR 255-037-0015: Department of Corrections Written Reports — implements
- OAR 255-037-0020: Request for Review Prior to Release Hearing Date — implements
- OAR 255-037-0030: Post-Prison Supervision — implements
- OAR 255-060-0008: Release Plans — authority
- OAR 255-060-0030: Exit Interview Board Review Packet — implements
- OAR 255-060-0030: Exit Interview Board Review Packet — authority
- OAR 255-070-0015: Establishing Conditions of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision — implements
- OAR 255-070-0015: Establishing Conditions of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision — authority
- OAR 255-075-0001: Definitions — implements
- OAR 255-075-0002: Suspension of Parole or Post-Prison Supervision; Citation to Appear — implements
- OAR 255-075-0003: Criteria for Allowing Offender to Remain in Community Pending Hearing — implements
- OAR 255-075-0004: Guidelines for “Best Interest” Return — implements
- OAR 255-075-0005: Hearing Requirement: Procedure — implements
- OAR 255-075-0006: Method of Hearing — implements
- OAR 255-075-0007: Designated Representative Conducts Hearing — implements
- OAR 255-075-0015: When Offender in Another Jurisdiction: Return — implements
- OAR 255-075-0025: Rights at Hearing — implements
- OAR 255-075-0026: Waiver of Hearing — implements
- OAR 255-075-0030: Board Rejection of Waiver — implements
- OAR 255-075-0031: Hearings Process — implements
- OAR 255-075-0036: Board Subpoenas; Witness — implements
- OAR 255-075-0040: Compelling of Witnesses: Contempt — implements
- OAR 255-075-0042: Probable Cause; Preliminary Hearing; Deferral of Revocation Hearing — implements
- OAR 255-075-0045: Evidence; Subpoena of Documents — implements
- OAR 255-075-0046: Postponement — implements
- OAR 255-075-0055: Reopening Hearings: Criteria; Procedure — implements
- OAR 255-075-0056: Hearings Record — implements
- OAR 255-075-0065: Ten Day Period for Offender’s Evidence and Exceptions — implements
- OAR 255-075-0067: Final Action: Authority to Impose Administrative (Local) Sanctions, Revoke Supervision or Modify Conditions of Supervision — implements
- OAR 255-075-0070: Final Action: Procedure — implements
- OAR 255-075-0072: Re-release Order After Revocation — implements
- OAR 255-075-0075: Parolees/Offenders Convicted of New Crime in This or Another Jurisdiction — implements
- OAR 255-075-0078: Commencement Date for Prison Term Following a Violation — implements
- OAR 255-075-0080: Continuance on Parole or Supervision — implements
- OAR 255-075-0098: Restoration of Statutory and Meritorious Goodtime — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 144.099 — resolved
- ORS 137.106 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 144.098: Review of release plan.
- ORS 144.099: Reentry courts.
- ORS 144.102: Conditions of post-prison supervision.
- ORS 144.397: Release eligibility for juvenile offenders after 15 years of imprisonment; board hearing; rules.
- ORS 144.644: Criteria for determining residence; State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision; rules; matrix.
- OAR 255-033-0050: Final Determinations
- OAR 255-037-0005: Release Hearings
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors144.html