Washington County Community Corrections basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 503-846-3400

Washington County Community Corrections serves an important role in keeping our community safe. We work to prevent the recurrence of crime among adult offenders by supervising them and connecting them with the resources they need to change problem behavior. We supervise approximately 3600 offenders using a range of evidence-based strategies, while working in partnership with the Courts, law enforcement, and the state Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.

The following populations are served through the Center and/or Custodial Home Supervision:

• Sentenced: Offenders are sentenced directly to the Center or Custodial Home Supervision or serve out the balance of a sentence that started at the jail. Sentenced offenders occupy approximately 60% of Center beds.
  
• Sanctioned: Center beds and Custodial Home Supervision are used for short-term sanctions for probation and post-prison supervision offenders. They offer probation/parole officers a quick response to non-compliance, within a structured setting that provides programs to address problem behaviors. Sanctioned offenders occupy approximately 5% of Center beds.
  
• Local Control (SB1145): There is an emphasis on substance abuse and cognitive programming with transitional release planning for:
  • newly sentenced felony offenders serving sentences of twelve months or less
  • revoked felony probation violators serving sentences of twelve months or less
  • parole and post-prison supervision offenders serving a sanction of 31 to 90 days
  • post-prison supervision offenders revoked up to 180 days

Local control offenders occupy approximately 26% of Center beds.

• Transitional Lodgers: The Center offers 12 beds (6% of total beds) at the Community Corrections Center for indigent offenders until alternative housing is located. They must agree to abide by supervision conditions and Center rules to remain in the program. They will work, or actively pursue employment, while seeking other housing. Programs are offered to the Transitional Lodgers to assist with treatment needs or other conditions of their supervision.

Work Release & Alternative Sentencing

The Washington County Community Corrections Center (WCCCC) has also been known as the “Restitution Center (RC),” “Work Release Center”, and/or the "Community Corrections Center (CCC)."

Residents at the WCCCC are encouraged to obtain gainful employment while residing at the center. Once gainful employment has been made, the employment is verified with a documented schedule and pay stubs. Counselorsmaintain regular contact with the employer to discuss attendance and job performance.

GPS Home Monitoring

• Is a community supervision program that is monitored by GPS tracking, drug screening, and appointments with their counselor or PO.
• Is to be utilized for the Community Corrections Center population management, intermediate sanctions, and supervision in community prior to release.
• To be eligible for GPS, residents must be in “good standing” with CCC rules and regulations and agree to abide by all court conditions and Center custodial release agreements.

EHD — Electronic Home Detention

EHD is a program offered by the Washington County Jail (WCJ) that offers home supervision by electronic means. Please contact the WCJ for further information on this alternative sentencing program.

• The Community Corrections Center is a 215-bed custody facility
  that prepares people serving sentences to successfully transition back into
  the community. It offers a secure,structured living environment, while focusing
  on accountability, employment, treatment, and skill building.
  
• The Probation and Parole Division supervises approximately 3600 offenders, holding them accountable to the conditions of their supervision while supporting their efforts to live successfully in the community.
  
• The Counseling & Victims' Services (CVS) program provides counseling, advocacy, training, education and referral services that help liberate people from the effects of criminal harm, and encourages healthy relationships.

• The Volunteer Program offers opportunities for work study, undergraduate and graduate internships. Additionally, free counseling services are offered through the Washington County Counseling Program.

Probation and Parole

The Probation and Parole Division supervises approximately 4100 offenders. The division is divided into specialized teams, each providing services to a specific population. There is specialized supervision for sex offenders, domestic violence offenders, substance abusers, offenders with serious and persistent mental illness, women, and Spanish speakers. This organizational structure allows the department to focus expertise and resources where they are needed most.

Supervision services assist in holding offenders accountable to the conditions of their supervision, while supporting their efforts to live successfully in the community. There is emphasis on engaging offenders in activities that, according to research, reduce criminal behavior. These include finding and retaining employment, actively participating in treatment and skill building programs, and developing a system of community supports that reinforces long-term stability.

In order to make efficient use of its resources, the Department has created three levels of supervision. Higher risk offenders receive Level I supervision which requires regular face-to-face contact and participation in treatment. Home visits and drug screening are done as necessary. Lower risk offenders may be assigned to Level II which, in most cases, requires only quarterly contact with the Probation and Parole Officer. To remain on Level II, an offender must be willing and able to abide by the conditions of supervision. The final level of supervision is called case bank. Case bank participants are not required to report to their Probation and Parole Officer. The officer instead monitors each offender’s progress through file reviews, looking at things like court accounting and treatment reports. An offender earns his or her way to case bank by complying with supervision conditions and staying out of trouble.