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County Adopts Updated Jail Capacity Management Plan; Forced-release tiers, scoring explained
Summary
The Multnomah County Board approved an updated Sheriff's Office capacity management plan that refines emergency-release eligibility and scoring; the plan uses tiers based on charges and a public safety assessment to order releases if funded bed capacity reaches 95% of 1,130 beds.
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted to approve an updated capacity management plan from the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office that defines how the county would respond if jail population reaches a legal emergency threshold.
Sheriff Nicole Morrissey O'Donnell and her corrections leadership presented the plan and the data driving it: a funded jail capacity of 1,130 beds, a recent count of about 1,001 adults in custody (about 88.6% of funded capacity on a March snapshot) and rising trends in pretrial bookings and length of stay. The sheriff described a process required under Oregon law for emergency population-release plans and said the update reflects changes since the last formal plan.
Chief Deputy Steve Reardon and Planning and Research Manager Kevin Morelli described the revised forced-release mechanism. Under the new plan, adults in custody who are eligible for emergency release are limited to…
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