| Number of Prisons | 14 prisons - The newest, Deer Ridge, opens in September 2007. |
| Number of Prisoners | 13,516 people as of 6/1/07 |
| Women Prisoners | 1,023 of Oregon's prisoners were women as of 6/1/07. |
| State Population | 3,700,758 (based on 2006 estimates from the US Census [1]) |
| DOC Budget | The Department of Corrections budget for the 2007-09 biennium is approximately $1.3 billion. |
| DOC website | The ODOC website [2] has extensive statistics, policy and budget information, along with visiting information organized by prison. Some statistics are updated monthly. |
| Death Penalty? | Yes. |
| Newspapers | The main newspapers in the state that cover stories related to prisons and Corrections policy are the Oregonian [3]and the Statesman Journal [4]. You can see a fairly complete list of Oregon newspapers here [5]. |
| NIC Statistics | You can see the National Institute of Corrections stats on Oregon here [6]. The stats are mostly "per 100,000 people," based on the figures the state reports to the Federal Government. |
| Racial Disparity | Although Black/African-American people make up less than 2% of Oregon's population, they make up 10% of Oregon's prison population. |
