Public Safety Work in the States, Oregon

Oregon Governor's Reset Cabinet: Subcommittee on Public Safety

CJI's Policy Work in State & Local Government: Oregon

Pew Policy Framework to Strengthen Community Corrections

Faced with implementing unprecedented reductions in the state budget following the 2009 Legislative Session, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski issued an Executive Order, which set in motion a "reset" process in the Governor's Reset Cabinet to:

reexamine and prioritize the core functions of State government in Oregon, to advise the Governor on opportunities to create efficiencies, improve outcomes, and stabilize existing revenue streams and to provide the basis for a report from the governor to the citizens of Oregon on options for resetting the priorities and functions of government to better serve the interests and needs of Oregonians.

The public safety representative on the Reset Cabinet, Department of Corrections Director Max Williams, established a small subcommittee to prepare recommendations on the operations of the public safety system in Oregon for review by the Reset Cabinet and submission to the Governor. CJI provided policy, research and analysis support to the subcommittee, including an extensive stakeholder survey, and authored the final subcommittee report.

The subcommittee offered four policy options to the Reset Cabinet and the Governor pertaining to sentencing practices and earned-time policies. Each option described a policy change, the budget impact, the impact on prison beds, and the steps needed to implement that option.

Read the Public Safety Subcommittee's Recommendations Report prepared for the full Reset Cabinet

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