Clackamas County Jail

The release call belongs to a judge, made at the first court date, known as the arraignment. Before that hearing, a release assistance officer talks with the person in jail and writes a report for the judge (ORS 135.235). The judge also hears from the prosecutor and the defense lawyer.

• Timing. Anyone kept in custody gets arraigned within 36 hours, but Saturdays, Sundays and holidays don't count (ORS 135.010). A Friday night arrest may not see a judge until Monday or Tuesday.
• The decision. The judge should rule on release at that hearing. If the judge waits, a release hearing has to happen within 48 hours, with 5 days as the outer limit (ORS 135.245).
• Where. Hearings take place at the county courthouse, 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8447. Many are done by video from the jail.

Some people never wait for a judge. The corrections sergeant on duty at the jail may let a person go on a signed promise when the charge is on the list of eligible nonviolent crimes. People a judge releases at arraignment usually walk out of the jail after 7 p.m. that day.

Oregon law names three ways out of jail before trial (ORS 135.230):

• Personal recognizance. They sign a written pledge to show up for each hearing. No money is paid. This is where every case starts (ORS 135.245).
• Conditional release. The person goes home with rules. Common rules are checking in with a release officer, keeping clear of the alleged victim and not leaving Oregon without the court's OK (ORS 135.250).
• Security release. Cash or property is put up as a guarantee. This is what most people mean by bail.

The judge must pick the lightest rule that still protects the victim and the community. Money comes in only when a promise or rules are not enough.

When a judge orders monitoring, Pretrial Services takes over. The person must check in within one judicial day of getting out. The office is at 1000 Courthouse Road, Room 1060, Oregon City, OR 97045. Call 503-655-8447 and press 3, weekdays 8 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. Standard check-ins are often done by phone through an app. A trip out of Oregon needs an approved travel request form first.

Oregon has no statewide price list for crimes. Since SB 48 of 2021, the presiding judge of each district signs a standing release order that follows the Chief Justice's statewide guidelines (ORS 135.233). This county is the 5th Judicial District, and its own order is PJO 2022-04, First Amended. The guidelines sort charges into three groups:

• Out on a promise: charges where no person was the target, like most such misdemeanors and Class C felonies. Plain driving while suspended belongs here too.
• Out with rules: DUII, person misdemeanors that don't involve domestic violence, and many Class B felonies.
• Kept until a judge decides: Measure 11 crimes, any Class A felony, sex crimes and domestic violence. Failure to appear, fleeing police and a felon with a gun are on this list too.

When security is set, the judge picks the amount for that one case. An arrest warrant states the amount needed for release (ORS 133.140). The family then usually pays 10 percent, and never less than $25 (ORS 135.265). On a $5,000 security amount, the deposit is $500. On $20,000, it is $2,000.

Want the figure for your person's case? Phone the jail at 503-722-6777 with the person's name and birthday ready.

Security is posted in the jail lobby, 2206 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045. The Sheriff's bail page says the lobby takes it 24 hours a day, while the jail's general lobby hours are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Call before a late-night trip. Then follow these steps:

1. Call 503-722-6777. Confirm the person is held and get the exact amount for each case.
2. Bring a government photo ID.
3. Bring that exact amount in paper bills. Coins are refused.
4. Tell the reception deputy you are there to post security. Fill out the Citizen Bail form.
5. Wait for your receipt. It usually takes 20 to 30 minutes. Keep it safe, because the refund goes to the name on it.
6. Plan on two hours or more before the person actually walks out.

Money added to a jail account is not security. It earns a deposit receipt, not a bail receipt, and it will not get anyone released.

For state cases, the circuit court sends families to the jail lobby to post security. The courthouse handles questions after the money is in, such as refunds and changes. Its Criminal Unit is at 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8643 (press 1). The counter and phones are open weekdays 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.

Some arrests are city cases instead. A city court sets its own release terms, so call that court and ask how to post:

• Oregon City Municipal Court, 1234 Linn Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-905-3675. Alternative number: 503-657-8154. Open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Milwaukie Municipal Court, 10501 SE Main St., Milwaukie, OR 97222, 503-786-7555. Open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Wilsonville Municipal Court, City Hall, 29799 SW Town Center Loop E, Wilsonville, OR 97070, 503-570-1587.

The county's Justice Court in Happy Valley hears some tickets and minor cases too. Its office is at 11750 SE 82nd Ave., Suite D, Happy Valley, OR 97086, 503-794-3800.

Plan to pay in person with cash. Both the Sheriff and the circuit court list the same rules.

• Taken: the exact amount in paper money.
• Turned away: personal checks, money orders, cashier's checks, traveler's checks, credit cards, debit cards and coins.

Carrying a large amount of cash can feel risky. Oregon law protects it: police may not seize money that someone is posting for security unless they first get a search warrant or a forfeiture order (ORS 135.275).

The court warns about scam calls. A caller may claim to be jail staff and demand bail money by phone. Hang up. Then call the jail yourself at 503-722-6777 to check.

Commercial bail bonds and bail bondsmen have no place in Oregon's system. Families pay the deposit straight to the jail. No company takes a fee off the top. If an ad or a caller offers to "bond someone out" here, treat it with care and call the jail.

Family and friends can still help in two ways:

• Pay the 10 percent deposit. The refund goes to whoever is named on the receipt, so decide ahead of time who that will be.
• Put up the full amount another way. Instead of 10 percent, the law allows the whole security amount in cash, or stocks, bonds or Oregon property worth twice the amount. Property must be backed by a sworn statement (ORS 135.265). Ask the Criminal Unit at 503-655-8643 how to start.

Anyone who signs as a surety promises to pay the security amount if the person breaks the release deal (ORS 135.230). Only sign if you trust the person to show up.

One payment may not free the person, since every case carries its own release terms. Before you pay, ask the jail at 503-722-6777 to read you every hold. Common ones are:

• A second case or warrant. Another court, city or county may also want the person.
• Probation or parole. The person's officer may ask that they stay held. Parole & Probation is at 1024 Main Street, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8603, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• A charge that must see a judge. Domestic violence, sex crimes and other serious charges usually wait for the arraignment.
• A federal case. The U.S. Marshals decide those, not the county.

In a domestic violence, sex crime or bias crime case, the person may not contact the alleged victim, even by a call from jail or a message carried by a friend (ORS 135.247). Don't pass messages for them. It can lead to new charges.

Sometimes the reverse happens. The jail is often full, and in 2024 it made 3,688 forced releases, picking people who pose the least risk. Each person signs a promise to return (ORS 169.046). Their court date still stands.

Most people have a right to release, but not everyone. Under Oregon's Constitution, murder, aggravated murder and treason are not bailable when the proof is evident (Or. Const. art. I § 43). State law repeats this (ORS 135.240).

A violent felony is one where someone was badly hurt, or was threatened with a serious injury. In those cases, a judge can hold a hearing. If the judge finds the person is a real risk to hurt the victim or others, release can be refused (ORS 135.240).

Victims have a constitutional right to have their safety weighed in release decisions (Or. Const. art. I § 43). The prosecutor speaks for the state at these hearings. That is the District Attorney's Office, 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8431, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

If things change after the first hearing, the court may change the release terms or the security amount (ORS 135.285). Here is how families usually help:

1. Talk with the defense lawyer. The lawyer files the request with the court.
2. Collect papers that show strong local ties: a job, a home in the county, school or caregiving duties.
3. Be honest about what the family can pay. Under the state's guidelines, what a family can afford should not decide whether someone gets out.
4. Propose conditions that ease the court's fears, like regular Pretrial Services check-ins.

Lawyer shortages matter here too. Under a federal court order, a person who still has no lawyer while jailed 7 days after the first appearance usually has to be let out with rules attached. The charges don't go away. The Criminal Unit, at 503-655-8643, can say when such a hearing might be set.

Anyone too broke to hire a lawyer may request one at the arraignment. They fill out an Affidavit of Eligibility, a form about income and bills. If they are in jail, a court clerk meets them there to help. The court usually charges a $20 application fee, which can be waived, and a judge may order a contribution later. Lack of money never costs anyone their lawyer.

• Indigent Defense Clerk: 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8451. Forms can also be emailed to CLA.Indigent@ojd.state.or.us.
• Clackamas Indigent Defense Corporation: the local public defense group, with an office in the same courthouse, 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-722-4000. Call after approval to learn who the lawyer is.

Public defense is paid for by the Oregon Public Defense Commission, a state agency. Lawyers are short across Oregon. At the end of 2025, roughly 2,500 Oregonians were still waiting for a public defender. About 160 of them sat in jail.

Nearly all criminal cases land in one building. Still, several courts exist, and each has its own phone:

• Circuit Court (felonies and most misdemeanors), Clackamas County Courthouse, 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8447. The building opened May 19, 2025, on the Red Soils Campus. Doors open weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; service counters 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Justice Court (tickets and some minor cases), 11750 SE 82nd Ave., Suite D, Happy Valley, OR 97086, 503-794-3800.
• Oregon City Municipal Court, 1234 Linn Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-905-3675.
• Milwaukie Municipal Court, 10501 SE Main St., Milwaukie, OR 97222, 503-786-7555.
• Wilsonville Municipal Court, 29799 SW Town Center Loop E, Wilsonville, OR 97070, 503-570-1587.
• Federal cases go to the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, 1000 Southwest Third Avenue, Suite 740, Portland, OR 97204, 503-326-8000.

Old addresses on Main Street in Oregon City are no longer used for court. Other city courts are listed on our court guide.

When the case ends and every rule was followed, the court clerk refunds the deposit. The check is made out to whoever's name is on the receipt (ORS 135.265). The clerk keeps 15 percent as a fee, at least $5 and no more than $750, plus any interest. On a $1,000 deposit, $150 is kept and $850 comes back. Fines or other amounts the court applies can lower the refund.

Missing court changes everything (ORS 135.280):

• The judge can issue an arrest warrant.
• The court declares the whole security amount forfeited, not just the 10 percent that was paid.
• The person gets 30 days to come back and show it wasn't their fault. If not, the court enters a judgment for the full amount. Any surety owes it too.
• Skipping court is a crime on its own. A missed misdemeanor date is a Class A misdemeanor. A missed felony date is a Class C felony (ORS 162.195, 162.205).

For refund questions, call the circuit court at 503-655-8447 and have the receipt handy.

Leftover account money is paid back by check when the person is released. Belongings are handed out at the jail's front lobby, 2206 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-722-6777.

• Show a photo ID.
• The person in custody must sign a release before anyone else can collect their things.
• For people already housed in the jail, pickup times are 8 to 11 a.m., 1 to 4:45 p.m. and 7 to 9:30 p.m.
• Property of someone just booked can be picked up at any time.

The jail does not take items over the counter, with a few exceptions: court clothes a judge asked for, glasses, medical equipment and approved shoes. For help after release, the Sheriff's Transition Center sits on the same campus at 2219 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-722-6199, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our jail account page explains deposits.

A federal charge filed here lands in the Portland Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Court papers are filed at the clerk's window inside the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, 1000 Southwest Third Avenue, Suite 740, Portland, OR 97204, 503-326-8000. The building is open weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• A federal magistrate judge decides release at a detention hearing, which often happens at the first court date (18 U.S.C. 3142). County security rules don't apply.
• U.S. Pretrial Services interviews the person first. Its Portland office is at 1000 Southwest Third Avenue, Suite 440, Portland, OR 97204, 503-326-8500.
• Federal custody before trial belongs to the Marshals. Their Portland office is at 1000 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Room 401, Portland, OR 97204, 503-326-2209. Phone them to find out which jail is holding the person. That could be a county jail working with the Marshals by contract, or the detention center at FCI Sheridan, 27072 Ballston Road, Sheridan, OR 97378, 503-843-4442.
• The Federal Public Defender is at 101 SW Main, Suite 1700, Portland, OR 97204, 503-326-2123.

Once someone is sentenced to federal prison, look them up in the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

No. A security payment covers the state case only. Here is how an immigration hold works:

1. A federal immigration officer may send the jail a Form I-247A. That form is an ICE detainer request.
2. The form wants the jail to hold the person for up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE officers would then take the person into federal custody.
4. To search for someone ICE holds, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Type in an A-number. A name plus birth country also works.

Oregon's sanctuary laws change step 2 here (ORS 181A.820 to 181A.829; HB 3265 of 2021). Oregon police and jails may not act on immigration requests unless a judge signed them. In practice, a detainer by itself generally won't keep anyone in an Oregon jail, and release details aren't handed over for immigration enforcement. A warrant signed by a judge is treated differently.

ICE's Portland office, part of the Seattle Field Office, is at 4310 S Macadam Ave, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97239, 503-326-4165, weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A prison sentence goes to the Oregon Department of Corrections. Everyone starts with intake at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, 24499 SW Grahams Ferry Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070, which sits inside this county. The intake stay lasts roughly 30 days. After that, men head to whichever prison DOC assigns. Women remain at Coffee Creek for their whole term. Intake questions go to 503-570-2259.

• The state's Oregon Offender Search finds people by State ID (SID) number or name.
• Call DOC at 503-945-9090 for general questions.
• See our Oregon state prisons pages for each facility.

Shorter jail sentences are served in the county jail. Probation and parole are run by a separate office, Parole & Probation, 1024 Main Street, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8603.

Youth ages 12 to 17 are handled by the county Juvenile Department, not the adult jail. The Juvenile Department is at 2121 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8342, Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Its Intake and Assessment Center answers 24 hours a day at 503-650-3180.

• The county has no youth detention of its own. When a youth has to be locked up, the county uses the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center, 2970 Center St NE, Salem, OR 97301, 503-588-5321.
• Since SB 1008 of 2019, older teens charged with a Measure 11 crime stay in juvenile court unless a judge holds a waiver hearing and moves the case.
• Juvenile cases do not appear in the state's online court search.

Call the Intake and Assessment Center first. Ask where the youth is, whether they will be held and when the hearing is.

The circuit court is Oregon's main trial court, and it handles both. Every felony from this county goes there. So do most misdemeanors.

• Felonies are the most serious crimes. They can bring prison time and are always filed in circuit court.
• Misdemeanors can bring up to 364 days in jail. The District Attorney files most of them in circuit court.
• City cases. Some cities run a municipal court for tickets and certain misdemeanors inside city limits. These courts belong to the city, not the state.
• Justice Court. The county's Justice Court hears traffic tickets and some minor cases. It is run by the county, not the state courts.
• Violations carry fines only, never jail.

Oregon has 36 circuit courts in 27 judicial districts (ORS 3.012). This county is a district of its own, the 5th.

The circuit court moved into a new building on May 19, 2025. It sits on the Red Soils Campus at 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045. The main line is 503-655-8447, and there is free parking.

• Building hours: weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Service counters: weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Criminal Unit: counter and phones weekdays 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., 503-655-8643, option 1.
• Public Service Center and Court Help Desk: Room 1060, first floor. Filings are taken here.
• Courtrooms: floors 3 through 6.

The District Attorney, the public defense offices and Sheriff civil staff work in the same building. Papers from before mid-2025 may list old Main Street or Kaen Road sites. Those buildings no longer hold court. General questions can also go to cla.court.info@ojd.state.or.us.

Several cities run their own municipal courts. These courts confirm their own details:

• Oregon City Municipal Court, 1234 Linn Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-905-3675. Alternative number: 503-657-8154. Weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It hears most traffic offenses and most misdemeanors inside the city, but not DUII.
• Milwaukie Municipal Court, 10501 SE Main St., Milwaukie, OR 97222, 503-786-7555. Weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It handles minor traffic, parking and city code cases.
• Wilsonville Municipal Court, City Hall, 29799 SW Town Center Loop E, Wilsonville, OR 97070, 503-570-1587. Court meets the first and third Tuesdays, with arraignments at 2 p.m.
• West Linn Municipal Court, inside West Linn City Hall, 503-656-4263. It hears city code cases and state offenses other than felonies.
• Tualatin Municipal Court, meeting for now at 8650 SW Tualatin Road, Tualatin, OR 97062, 503-691-3025.
• Justice Court, 11750 SE 82nd Ave., Suite D, Happy Valley, OR 97086, 503-794-3800. The office is open weekdays 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Phones are answered 9 to noon and 1 to 4, but not on Tuesdays.

For a ticket or charge from Canby, Gladstone, Lake Oswego, Molalla, Sandy, Barlow, Rivergrove, Portland, Estacada (503-630-8270), Happy Valley (503-783-3800) or Johnson City (503-655-9710), call that city hall. You can also ask the circuit court at 503-655-8447 which court has the case.

The first hearing is the arraignment. A jailed person must have it within 36 hours, a count that skips Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (ORS 135.010). It often happens by video from the jail.

1. Charges are read or explained, and the person is asked to plead (ORS 135.020).
2. The judge covers the right to counsel. An application for a court-appointed one can be made right then (ORS 135.040).
3. In a felony, the judge also explains the right to a preliminary hearing (ORS 135.070).
4. The judge decides on release: a promise to return, release with rules, or a security amount (ORS 135.245).

For a felony, the person must be there in person. For a misdemeanor, a lawyer may stand in for them (ORS 135.030). Before arraignment, a release assistance officer usually interviews the person in jail. That report helps the judge decide.

A misdemeanor often starts with a citation or an arrest. The person must then see a judge, usually within 30 days of a citation (ORS 133.060). At arraignment the person enters a plea: guilty, not guilty or no contest. A not guilty plea leads to talks with the prosecutor. A trial follows only when the two sides can't agree.

Oregon sets these top jail terms for misdemeanors:

• Up to 364 days in jail for a Class A misdemeanor, such as many thefts and assaults
• Up to 6 months for Class B
• Up to 30 days for Class C
• Drug possession, since September 1, 2024 (HB 4002): a special drug misdemeanor, up to 180 days. Probation and treatment are the usual path, and the charge can be dismissed when the person finishes.

Treatment courts give some people a way out of jail time. This county runs an Adult Drug Court, a DUII Treatment Court, a Community Court and a Mental Health Court. Call the Treatment Court Office at 503-655-8495 to ask who qualifies.

Later, many old records can be sealed through a set-aside. A Class A misdemeanor usually needs a 3-year wait, and Class B or C needs 1 year (ORS 137.225).

Felonies follow more steps, and each one takes time:

1. Arraignment on the complaint in circuit court, where release is decided.
2. Grand jury or preliminary hearing. A felony goes forward only after a grand jury votes an indictment, or a judge finds probable cause at a preliminary hearing (ORS 135.175). For someone in jail, that hearing should come within five judicial days (ORS 135.070).
3. Plea talks and motions. Most cases end with a plea deal.
4. Trial. A guilty verdict must be unanimous since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Ramos v. Louisiana (2020).
5. Sentencing. Oregon uses a grid that weighs the crime and past record.

Prison caps run by class: a Class C felony can bring up to 5 years, Class B up to 10 and Class A up to 20. Many felony sentences end in probation instead, supervised by Parole & Probation, 1024 Main Street, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8603.

Serious person crimes follow stricter rules from the very first day:

• Held for a judge. Under the statewide release guidelines, Measure 11 crimes, Class A felonies, sex crimes and domestic violence charges wait in jail for a judge's ruling.
• Release can be denied. Release is off the table for murder, aggravated murder or treason when the evidence of guilt is evident. For a violent felony, a judge may refuse release after a hearing on danger to others (ORS 135.240).
• No contact. In domestic violence cases, and in sex or bias crime cases, the accused may not reach out to the victim, not even through relatives (ORS 135.247).
• Mandatory minimums. Measure 11, passed by voters in 1994, locks in minimum prison terms, and good behavior can't shorten them. Murder, for example, carries at least 25 years.

Victims also have a right to speak about release and to be reasonably protected (Or. Const. art. I § 43).

Yes. The circuit court runs several treatment courts. These programs pair court check-ins with treatment, testing and close supervision. People who finish may get a lighter outcome or a dismissed charge.

• Adult Drug Court
• DUII Treatment Court
• Community Court
• Mental Health Court
• Domestic Violence Deferred Sentencing Program
• Family Treatment Court, for parents in child welfare cases

The District Attorney also lists an Impact Court for low-level cases tied to homelessness or addiction. Oregon's treatment courts follow ORS 3.450. To ask about joining, the defense lawyer is the best first step. The Treatment Court Office answers at 503-655-8495.

Every Oregon county elects its own District Attorney (ORS 8.610). Here, the District Attorney's Office is in the courthouse at 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8431. It is open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. City prosecutors handle cases in the municipal courts.

If money is the problem, the state's public defense system steps in:

• Ask at arraignment and fill out the Affidavit of Eligibility. The Indigent Defense Clerk is at 503-655-8451. A clerk visits people held in the jail.
• The fee is usually $20, which a judge can waive. A judge may also order a later contribution.
• The Clackamas Indigent Defense Corporation has an office in the courthouse, 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-722-4000. Call once approved to learn your lawyer's name.
• The Oregon Public Defense Commission funds the system and has a trial office in Oregon City.

To hire a private lawyer instead, try the Oregon State Bar referral line at 503-684-3763.

Oregon's state courts share one free search. Use the OJD Records and Calendar Search. No sign-up is needed.

1. Open the search and pick the circuit court records option.
2. Type the person's last and first name.
3. Pick the matching case. It lists charges, events, results and upcoming dates.

The search shows basic facts, not court papers. Juvenile cases are kept out of it, and so are city and justice court cases. Lawyers and businesses can pay for OJCIN OnLine, which shows the official record.

If the site is down, the courthouse has free public computers. Staff at 503-655-8447 can also read you case details by phone, though they can't give legal advice. The District Attorney has a Find Your Case page as well.

Sheriff's deputies carry out warrants countywide. Search a name on the Sheriff's Warrant Check, or call 503-785-5210 and ask for warrants. Agencies above the county keep their own lists: Oregon DOC Most Wanted, FBI Portland and the 15 Most Wanted list run by the U.S. Marshals. The OJD case search may show the case too.

Want it gone? Talk it over with a defense lawyer first, then walk into the jail, 2206 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045. The court says people who arrive before 7 a.m. should see a judge that day at 2 p.m. Case questions go to the circuit court, 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8643.

Any federal indictment here is handled by the Portland Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Its clerk's office is on Suite 740 of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, 1000 Southwest Third Avenue, Suite 740, Portland, OR 97204, 503-326-8000.

• Prosecutor: the U.S. Attorney's Office, 1000 SW Third Ave, Suite 600, Portland, OR 97204, 503-727-1000.
• Defense: the Federal Public Defender, 101 SW Main, Suite 1700, Portland, OR 97204, 503-326-2123, or a lawyer the court appoints.
• Jail or home: a federal judge weighs that at a detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142). Federal Pretrial Services prepares a report first.
• Custody: the U.S. Marshals Service, 1000 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Room 401, Portland, OR 97204, 503-326-2209. People may be housed at the detention center at FCI Sheridan, 27072 Ballston Road, Sheridan, OR 97378, 503-843-4442, or a contract county jail.

When a federal prison sentence begins, track the person with the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

The state case stays on track no matter what ICE does. A detainer is a separate federal request:

1. ICE may lodge a Form I-247A, which asks for advance word before the person walks out.
2. Its request: keep the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. If ICE takes custody, state hearings can be missed. Tell the defense lawyer at once.
4. Look for someone ICE is holding in the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

Oregon law adds limits (ORS 181A.820 to 181A.829; HB 3265 of 2021). Under those laws, an ICE paper carries weight in Oregon only when a judge has signed it. As a result, county jails generally won't keep someone on a detainer alone, and they won't hand ICE release details for enforcement. Inside a courthouse, a civil immigration arrest needs a judge's signed warrant or order (HB 3265). Any plea deal may carry immigration risks. Raise that with the defense lawyer before signing.

ICE's Portland office is at 4310 S Macadam Ave, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97239, 503-326-4165.

A judge sentences the person in circuit court. Short terms are served in the county jail. A prison term goes to the Oregon Department of Corrections.

• Intake: Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, 24499 SW Grahams Ferry Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070. This prison is in Wilsonville, inside the county. Intake lasts about a month, then men go to another prison while women remain at Coffee Creek.
• Find them: type a SID number or a name into the Oregon Offender Search.
• Questions: DOC at 503-945-9090.
• Facility pages: our Oregon prison listings.

After prison, most people serve post-prison supervision with county Parole & Probation, 1024 Main Street, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8603. Violating supervision can mean a return to jail.

Anyone 12 through 17 is handled in juvenile court, which sits inside the circuit court system. The county Juvenile Department reviews each case and may handle it outside court, ask for probation, or send it to a judge. Its office is at 2121 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-655-8342, open Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Detention: when a youth must be held, the stay is at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center, 2970 Center St NE, Salem, OR 97301, 503-588-5321, never the adult jail.
• 24-hour help: the Intake and Assessment Center, 503-650-3180.
• Adult court: since SB 1008 (2019), a 15 to 17 year old facing a Measure 11 charge reaches adult court only after a waiver hearing.
• State custody: the Oregon Youth Authority runs youth prisons for the most serious cases.

Juvenile records stay out of the public online search.

Oregon's Constitution gives crime victims real rights (Or. Const. art. I §§ 42 and 43). Some apply on their own, like speaking at a release hearing or sentencing. A victim has to request others, for example being told ahead of key hearings or when the accused gets out.

• Local help: the District Attorney's Victim Assistance Program, 1000 Courthouse Road, Oregon City, OR 97045. Its 24-hour crisis line is 503-655-8616.
• Release alerts: register with VISOR, the state's free notice service, or call 855-691-6246 any time.
• Costs: Crime Victims' Compensation through the Oregon DOJ can cover medical bills, counseling and lost wages after a violent crime. Call 800-503-7983.
• Restitution: victims have a right to prompt payment from the person convicted.