Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 291 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Division 39 - RELEASE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION › Section 291-039-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Correction
			 Information Systems (CIS): A computer system that has information about inmates
			 in prison and offenders on probation, parole and post-prison
			 supervision.
(2) Communications
			 Manager: The employee who is designated by the Director of the Department of
			 Corrections to coordinate media relations and public inquiries concerning
			 policy.
(3) Criminal Justice
			 Agency: An agency as defined in ORS
			 181.010(8).
(4) Department of Corrections Facility: Any
			 institution, facility or staff office, including the grounds, operated by the
			 Department of Corrections.
(5)
			 Director: The Director of the Department of Corrections.
(6) Employee: Any person employed full time,
			 part time, or under temporary appointment by the Department of Corrections; any
			 person employed under contractual arrangement to provide services to the
			 Department; any person employed by private or public sector agencies who is
			 serving under Department sanctioned special assignment to provide services or
			 support to Department programs.
(7)
			 Functional Unit: Any organizational component within the Department of
			 Corrections responsible for the delivery of services or coordination of program
			 operations.
(8) Functional Unit
			 Manager: Any person within the Department of Corrections who reports to either
			 the Director, assistant director, or administrator and has responsibility for
			 the delivery of services or coordination of program operations.
(9) Inmate: Any person under the supervision
			 of the Department of Corrections who is not on parole, post prison supervision,
			 or probation status.
(10) News
			 Release: An official statement or announcement relating to the Department of
			 Corrections intended for distribution to the news media.
(11) Offender: Any person under the
			 supervision of local Community Corrections who is on parole, post prison
			 supervision, or probation status.
(12) Public Information: All Department of
			 Corrections information that is not exempt from disclosure by
			 statute.
(13) Public Information
			 Officer(s): One or more employees within a functional unit who coordinate the
			 release of information for that unit consistent with Department policy and all
			 laws governing release of public information and disclosure of public
			 records.
(14) Offender Public
			 Information Screen: The screen accessed through CIS which details the following
			 information about an inmate or offender:
(a)
			 Name and State Identification number (SID) of inmate/offender;
(b) Date of birth;
(c) Sentence(s) and beginning dates of
			 sentences (past and present);
(d)
			 Offense(s) (past and present);
(e)
			 County of commitment (past and present);
(f) Institution admission date or field
			 admission date;
(g) Location of
			 incarceration or supervision;
(h)
			 Earliest release date;
(i)
			 Discharge date (past and present); and
(j) Physical description;
(k) Name of institution counselor or
			 Community Corrections parole or probation officer.