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ORS 144.500

Known as the Uniform Act

The act spans §§ 144–144 (162 sections).

Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 27 Or. App. 821 - Dietrich v. Brooks (1976)

Most recently applied in State v. Gruver (September 2013)

1965 c.463 §§16,17; 1971 c.743 §340; 1987 c.320 §74; 1995 c.384 §9

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) If a person enrolled, or assigned to participate, in the work release program violates any law, or any rule or specific condition applicable to the person under ORS 144.450, the Department of Corrections may immediately terminate that person’s enrollment in, or assignment to, the work release program and transfer the person to a Department of Corrections institution for the remainder of the sentence.

(2) Absence, without a reason that is acceptable to the Director of the Department of Corrections, of a person enrolled in, or assigned to, a work release program from the place of employment, work assignment or designated quarters, at any time contrary to the rules or specific conditions applicable to the person under ORS 144.450:

(a) Immediately terminates the enrollment of the person in, or assignment of the person to, the work release program.

(b) Constitutes an escape from a correctional facility under ORS 162.155.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.