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169.005Definitions for ORS 169.005 to 169.685 and 169.730 to 169.800 169.010[Amended by 1963 c.236 §1; 1973 c.740 §8; repealed by 1983 c.327 §16] 169.020[Amended by 1973 c.740 §9; repealed by 1983 c.327 §16] 169.030Construction, maintenance and use of local correctional facilities by county and city; renting suitable structure; provision of facilities by another county or city 169.040Inspection of local correctional facilities 169.042Maximum facility population; recommendation 169.044Action on recommendation 169.046Notice of county jail population emergency; action to be taken; notification if release likely; forced release 169.050Contracts for boarding of prisoners 169.053Agreements with other counties or Department of Corrections for confinement and detention of offenders 169.055Contracts with Department of Corrections for county prisoners awaiting sentencing 169.060[Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16] 169.070Coordination of state services by Department of Corrections; inspections to determine compliance with standards 169.072Provision of services or assistance by Department of Corrections through arrangements with local governments 169.075[1973 c.740 §3; repealed by 1979 c.487 §5 (169.076, 169.077, 169.078 and 169.740 enacted in lieu of 169.075)] 169.076Standards for local correctional facilities 169.077Standards for lockup facilities 169.078Standards for temporary hold facilities 169.079[1979 c.487 §9 (enacted in lieu of 169.075); 1981 c.869 §1; renumbered 169.740] 169.080Effect of failure to comply with standards; enforcement by Attorney General; private action 169.085Submission of construction or renovation plans to Department of Corrections; recommendations by department 169.090Manual of guidelines for local correctional facility operation; guidelines for juvenile detention facility operation 169.105Unconscious person not to be admitted to custody in facility 169.110Time credit for good behavior 169.115Temporary leave; rules 169.120Credit for work 169.130[Amended by 1959 c.533 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] 169.140Furnishing prisoners food, clothing and necessary medical aid 169.150Payment of expenses of keeping prisoners; health care fees 169.151Expenses of keeping prisoners; reimbursement from prisoners; amounts; procedures 169.152Liability for costs of medical care for persons in county facility 169.153Liability of public agency for costs of medical care provided to persons in transport 169.155Definitions for ORS 169.155 and 169.166 169.160[Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] 169.165[1979 c.530 §2; 1981 c.690 §1; repealed by 1993 c.196 §12] 169.166Liability for costs of medical services 169.170Assignment of county prisoners to public works; rules 169.180Assignment of city prisoners to public works 169.190Transfer of prisoners to another county for public work 169.200[Repealed by 1973 c.740 §28] 169.210Contracts for private employment of prisoners; agencies having power to work prisoners 169.220Care of county prisoners 169.310[Repealed by 1957 c.698 §2] 169.320Control over prisoners; work by prisoners 169.330Civil liability for release of prisoner 169.340Liability for escape of defendant in a civil action 169.350Liability for failing to serve papers 169.360Appointment of keeper of local correctional facility 169.370[Repealed by 1961 c.22 §1] 169.380[Amended by 1973 c.740 §25; repealed by 1981 c.41 §3] 169.510[Repealed by 1963 c.547 §11] 169.520[Amended by 1959 c.687 §4; repealed by 1963 c.547 §11] 169.530[Amended by 1973 c.740 §26; repealed by 2019 c.147 §2] 169.540[Repealed by 2019 c.147 §2] 169.610Policy 169.620“Regional correctional facility” defined 169.630Joint establishment or operation of facilities; agreement 169.635Provision of personal hygiene products 169.640Status of facility for custody of misdemeanants and violators 169.650Status of facility operated by Department of Corrections 169.660Status of persons confined in facility operated by Department of Corrections; assignment to regional facility 169.670Transfer of persons to facility operated by Department of Corrections; costs; return; exception 169.673Conversion of state correctional institutions into regional correctional facilities 169.677Converted facilities to house felony or misdemeanant prisoners 169.680[1971 c.636 §8; repealed by 1985 c.708 §9] 169.681Limit on telephone service provider fee or commission; quarterly report; rules 169.683Requirements for request for proposals; contents of contract; per-minute rate limits; rules 169.685Inmate Welfare Fund Account 169.690Establishment of halfway houses and other facilities; advice of facility advisory subcommittee of local public safety coordinating council 169.730Definitions for ORS 169.740 to 169.760 169.740Standards for juvenile detention facilities 169.750Restrictions on operation of juvenile detention facilities 169.760Juvenile detention facilities to establish written policy 169.770Release of detained juvenile when detention facility violates standards 169.800Detention of juveniles before conviction and execution of sentence 169.810Assumption of duties by regional correctional facility constitutes assumption by public employer; rights of transferred employees 169.850Definitions 169.853Oregon Jail-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Grant Program; rules 169.856Oregon Jail-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Fund

Chapter 169 — Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities

ORS 169.330 Civil liability for release of prisoner

When a prisoner has been committed to the county local correctional facility to be held until the prisoner has paid a sum of money to a private party, or a fine or penalty to the state, and is permitted to depart the facility without legal order or process, the private party or the state may recover in a civil action against the sheriff, the damages sustained by reason of the prisoner’s departure.

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