Ave., Portland, OR 97205 MCRC is a 160-bed restitution work release center that provides employment referrals, education, treatment resources, and supervision of sentenced county offenders. MCRC addresses the need to reintegrate the inmate back into the community as a law-abiding citizen with increased skills and employment. This need is projected to increase as the region's population grows, as SB 1145 is implemented, and as law enforcement agencies respond to increases in property crimes. The Center's focus is to prepare residents for their return to the community as employed responsible citizens.
Residents participate in counseling, educational programs and community work projects.
Residents also pay room and board, court ordered restitution, fines and fees. The operation at the MCRC has been expanded and modified several times since 1987. In 1991, a conditional use permit was granted by the County for the expansion of the facility to 120 beds. Additionally, in October 1995, Sheriff Dan Noelle, with the support of the MCRC Community Advisory Board, gave the approval for the facility to transition from an all male facility to a coed facility. In July 1997, the center was approved to house a total of 160 residents.