2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 137 - Judgment and Execution; Parole and Probation by the Court › Section 137.595 - Establishing system of sanctions; rules.

(1) The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of chapter 680, Oregon Laws 1993, by establishing a system of structured, intermediate probation violation sanctions that may be imposed by the Department of Corrections or a county community corrections agency, taking into consideration the severity of the violation behavior, the prior violation history, the severity of the underlying criminal conviction, the criminal history of the offender, protection of the community, deterrence, the effective capacity of the state prisons and the availability of appropriate local sanctions including, but not limited to, jail, community service work, house arrest, electronic surveillance, restitution centers, work release centers, day reporting centers or other local sanctions.
(2) Rules adopted by the Department of Corrections under this section shall establish:
(a) A system of structured, intermediate probation violation sanctions that may be imposed by the Department of Corrections or a county community corrections agency on a probationer who waives in writing a probation violation hearing, admits or affirmatively chooses not to contest the violations alleged in a probation violation report and consents to the sanctions;
(b) Procedures to provide a probationer with written notice of the probationer’s right to a hearing before the court to determine whether the probationer violated the conditions of probation alleged in a probation violation report, and if so, whether to continue the probationer on probation subject to the same or modified conditions, or order sanctions for any violations and the right to be represented by counsel at the hearing if the probationer is financially eligible;
(c) Procedures for a probationer to waive in writing a probation violation hearing, admit or not contest the violations alleged in the probation violation report and consent to the imposition of structured, intermediate sanctions by the Department of Corrections or a county community corrections agency;
(d) The level and type of sanctions that may be imposed by parole and probation officers and by supervisory personnel;
(e) The level and type of violation behavior warranting a recommendation to the court that probation be revoked;
(f) Procedures for notifying district attorneys and the courts of probation violations admitted by probationers and the sanctions imposed by the Department of Corrections or county community corrections agencies; and
(g) Such other policies or procedures as are necessary to carry out the purposes of chapter 680, Oregon Laws 1993.
(3) Jail confinement imposed as a custodial sanction by the Department of Corrections or a county community corrections agency pursuant to rules adopted under this section may not exceed 60 days per violation report. The total number of days of jail confinement for all violation reports per conviction may not exceed the maximum number of available jail custody units under rules adopted by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
(4) Nonjail confinement imposed as a custodial sanction by the Department of Corrections or a county community corrections agency pursuant to rules adopted under this section may not exceed the maximum number of available nonjail custody units under rules adopted by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. [1993 c.680 §11; 1999 c.121 §1; 2001 c.962 §93; 2005 c.264 §10]
Note:
See note under 137.592.
Note:
Legislative Counsel has substituted "chapter 680, Oregon Laws 1993," for the words "this Act" in section 11, chapter 680, Oregon Laws 1993, compiled as 137.595. Specific ORS references have not been substituted, pursuant to 173.160. These sections may be determined by referring to the 1993 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 22 of ORS.