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Basic Facts About Prison and Oregon
May 19, 2008 - 2:06pm| Number of Prisons | 14 Prisons – The newest, Deer Ridge in Madras, opened in 2007 with a capacity of 1,867 beds. |
| Number of Prisoners | 13,614 people as of May 1, 2008. |
| Women Prisoners | 1,073 of Oregon’s prisoners were women as of May 1, 2008. |
| Future Prisons | A new prison at Junction City will have 1,794 beds. Construction start date will be summer 2009. |
| State Population | 3,700,758 (based on 2006 estimates from the US Census) |
| DOC Budget | The Department of Corrections budget for the 2007-09 biennium is approximately $1.3 billion. |
| DOC Website | The ODOC website has extensive statistics, policy and budget information, along with visiting information organized by prison. Some statistics are updated monthly. |
| Newspapers | The main newspapers in the state that cover stories related to prisons and Corrections policy are the Oregonian and the Statesman Journal. You can see a fairly complete list of Oregon newspapers here. |
| Racial Disparity | Although Black/African-American people make up less than 2% of Oregon's population, they make up 10% of Oregon's prison population. |
Basic Facts About Prison and Idaho
June 25, 2007 - 2:01pm| Number of Prisons | 13 prisons and work centers, including 1 prison operated for profit by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). As of December 2006, IDOC was sending 450 prisoners out-of-state. |
| Number of Prisoners | 7,124 as of December, 2006 according to DOC. |
| Women Prisoners | About 11% of Idaho's prisoners are women according to IDOC (above national average of 7%). |
| State Population | 1,466,465 (based on 2006 estimates from the US Census) |
| DOC Budget | The Department of Correction's current annual budget is $118.5 million (2006 fiscal year). |
| DOC website | Much of this information is from the IDOC website and Quick Facts sheet. The site also has a page focused on visiting. |
Basic Facts About Prison and Wyoming
June 1, 2005 - 3:57pm| Number of Prisons | 4 prisons including an Honor Farm, a Boot Camp, and one women's prison holding just over 100 women. |
| Number of Prisoners | Wyoming reported 1,923 prisoners to the Bureau of Justice Statistics for its mid-year 2004 report. (Link goes directly to a PDF file on the BJS site.) |
| Women Prisoners | Number not available |
| State Population | 501,000 (based on latest figures from the US Census) |
| DOC Budget | Not reported on their website or through BJS |
| DOC website | http://doc.state.wy.us/corrections.asp There is very little statistical info or budget info, and no visiting info except for addresses of prisons. |
| Newspapers | The main newspaper that covers stories related to prisons and corrections policy is the Billings Gazette (MT). You can see a fairly complete list of Wyoming newspapers here. |
| WY stats | The University of Wyoming's Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center conducts some criminal justice research. |
PSJ’s First Statewide Annual Gathering a Huge Success
April 9, 2008 - 1:21pmNearly 120 PSJ members and concerned Oregonians came together on Saturday, April 5th for our first Statewide Annual Gathering which was a resounding success! The day was devoted to providing the information and tools necessary to defeat the mandatory minimum measure that will be on Oregon’s ballot in November.
WA: Attempt to Create Prison Ombudsman Fails
March 18, 2008 - 2:29pm For the second legislative session in a row, Senator Jim Kastama from Puyallup sponsored a bill, Senate Bill 5295, that would have created the position of Ombudsman for the Washington Department of Corrections.
