ORS 184.351 Corrections population forecasts

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall issue state corrections population forecasts including, but not limited to, expected populations of prisons and jails and community corrections caseloads, to be used by:

The Department of Corrections in preparing budget requests;

The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission in considering amendments to sentencing guidelines; and

Any other state agency concerned with the effect of offender populations or policy developments on budgeting.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall issue state corrections population forecasts on April 1 and October 1 of each year.

When the Oregon Department of Administrative Services issues a state corrections population forecast, the forecast must, whenever possible:

Identify the forecast’s margin of error; and

Attribute growth or decline in the forecast, relative to previously issued forecasts, to specific policies or to specific components of the baseline underlying the forecast.

As used in this section, “baseline underlying the forecast” includes population demographics and crime trends.