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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. |
Editorial boards agree with PSJ
October 17, 2008 - 2:05pmEditorial boards of newspapers from across the state agree with Partnership for Safety and Justice. Measure 61 is yet another fatally flawed measure from Kevin Mannix while Measure 57 is the better alternative. Here is a list of editorial positions on these two measures from across Oregon.
News Media Coverage Related to Measures 61 and 57
September 10, 2008 - 9:44am Media coverage from around the state about the devastation Measure 61 would cause and the supporting the more balanced alternative measure (Measure 57).
