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Legislation would fund reentry legal services for women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility
Summary
House Bill 22 33 would appropriate $1.2 million to the Criminal Justice Commission for grants to the Oregon Justice Resource Center to continue a reentry‑focused legal services program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility; witnesses said the program helps address family law, debt, housing and other civil issues encountered on release.
House Bill 22 33 would fund a legal services program to assist adults incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility with reentry issues including employment, housing, benefits and protection from domestic violence. Testimony on Feb. 11 described the program’s work and a legislative proposal to appropriate $1,200,000 to the Criminal Justice Commission for grants to the Oregon Justice Resource Center (OJRC).
Representative Tana Sanchez, the bill sponsor, described the program’s origins in an initial pilot serving Native American women and said unaddressed civil legal issues — from unpaid bills and foreclosures to garnishments and family‑law barriers — can drive recidivism and undermine reentry. “People coming out of prison and struggling…
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