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2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 10, Chapters 366 - 430
ORS Chapter 421
421.500 Findings.


OR Rev Stat § 421.500 (through Leg Sess 2011) What's This?

The Legislative Assembly finds that:

(1) There is no method in this state for diverting sentenced offenders from a traditional correctional setting;

(2) The absence of a program that instills discipline, enhances self-esteem and promotes alternatives to criminal behavior has a major impact on overcrowding of prisons and criminal recidivism in this state; and

(3) An emergency need exists to implement a highly structured corrections program that involves intensive mental and physical training and substance abuse treatment. [1993 c.681 1; 1999 c.239 2]

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