A month later Oregon's prisons came off lockdown status, and the Department of Corrections unveiled its new compensation plan. Another unforeseen problem with Measure 17 became apparent as some prisoners filed lawsuits because they didn't have jobs, despite a state constitution that mandates jobs. Prime land, buildings, and labor available to nursery industry. Minimum-security inmate labor and security correctional officers. Enthusiasm, energy, and stability.
Inmates show up each day clean, sober, and ready to work.
No Immigration and Naturalization Service issues. Your partnership with Inmate Work Programs helps us comply with Measure 17's mandate that all inmates must work at least as hard as the taxpayers who support them. You also provide marketable work skills to inmates, potentially facilitating their successful rehabilitation and return to society upon release. Because Measure 17, flaws and all, was enshrined in the State Constitution, corrections officials and state lawmakers were powerless to change it. Changes to the constitution required another statewide vote.