(2) In carrying out its duties under subsection (1) of this section, the department may enter into agreements with public or private entities to conduct inspections of local correctional facilities, lockups, temporary holds and juvenile detention facilities.
(3) When a county that operates a local correctional facility has conducted, or caused a public or private entity to conduct, an inspection of the local correctional facility within 24 months before an inspection would be conducted under subsection (1) of this section, the department is not required to conduct the next inspection required under subsection (1) of this section if:
(a) The standards meet or exceed the standards established in ORS 169.076;
(b) The inspection is conducted in a manner that allows the county to satisfy the requirement of paragraph (c) of this subsection; and
(c) Within 45 days after the inspection is completed, the county provides to the department:
(A) A statement or copy of the standards used to conduct the inspection and the date the standards were adopted; and
(B) A portion of the findings and recommendations of the inspection that is the equivalent of the information that would have been obtained in an inspection conducted under subsection (1) of this section.
(4) The information provided to the department under subsection (3) of this section is a public record for the purposes of ORS 192.311 to 192.478 and is subject to the same disclosure requirements and retention schedule that applies to an inspection conducted under subsection (1) of this section. [1973 c.740 §2; 1979 c.338 §2; 1979 c.487 §2; 1987 c.320 §91; 1993 c.33 §310; 2003 c.475 §1; 2013 c.63 §1; 2019 c.382 §19]