Definitions for ORS 169.005 to 169.685 and 169.730 to 169.800.

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(1) "Detainee" means a person held with no criminal charges.

(2) "Forced release" means temporary freedom of an adult in custody from lawful custody before judgment of conviction due to a county jail population emergency under ORS 169.046.

(3) "Juvenile detention facility" means a facility as described in ORS 419A.050 and 419A.052.

(4) "Local correctional facility" means a jail or prison for the reception and confinement of prisoners that is provided, maintained and operated by a county or city and holds persons for more than 36 hours.

(5) "Lockup" means a facility for the temporary detention of arrested persons held up to 36 hours, excluding holidays, Saturdays and Sundays, but the period in lockup shall not exceed 96 hours after booking.

(6) "Month" means a period of 30 days.

(7) "Prisoner" means a person held with criminal charges or sentenced to the facility.

(8) "Temporary hold" means a facility, the principal purpose of which is the temporary detention of a prisoner for four or less hours while awaiting court appearance or transportation to a local correctional facility. [1973 c.740 §1; 1979 c.487 §1; 1985 c.499 §4; 1993 c.33 §309; 2001 c.517 §1; 2019 c.213 §43]


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