The keeper of each local correctional facility shall furnish and keep clean the necessary bedding and clothing for all prisoners in the custody of the keeper, and shall supply them with wholesome food, fuel and necessary medical aid.
ORS 169.140
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case 39 Or. App. 211 - Cole v. Multnomah County (1979)
Most recently applied in State v. K. J. B. (December 2016)
Amended by 1973 c.740 §15
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