Under SB 1145, local communities will have more resources as well as more control of local corrections activities. SB 1145 also builds new jail beds, strengthens community corrections programs, creates a strong emphasis on crime prevention and establishes a mechanism to coordinate local public safety policies. Creates Public Safety Coordinating Councils in each county to coordinate local public safety policies and activities. Adds accountability to the criminal justice system. More than half of the offenders affected by SB 1145 have not committed a new crime, but have violated their parole, probation or post-prison supervision.
Revocation is a local decision that sends offenders to state institutions.
Under current law, almost 90 percent of the people revoked to prison have had two or fewer local sanctions before they are returned to prison. SB 1145 keeps these offenders at the county level, creating more incentive to better manage and control those offenders. Counties will be given more resources to sanction those offenders with hard beds and with effective programs to target the very problems that landed them in prison in the first place. Senate Bill 1145 has been endorsed by the the Oregon District Attorneys Association, the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police, the Association of Oregon Counties and the League of Oregon Cities. The Oregon State Sheriffs' Association meets this week and is expected to adopt a resolution supporting SB 1145.