Download the Friends and Family Handbook

In collaboration with Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE), the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) has created a handbook for friends and family of inmates in our custody. The handbook will help you know what to expect for yourself and for your loved one, and to have a basic idea of what the rules and procedures are so that you can support your loved one through a difficult experience.

The handbook addresses many questions and concerns friends and family might have when someone they know has been sentenced to serve time in Oregon. Topics include:

• Intake and assessment process
  
• How to find details on an incarcerated loved one
• Visiting and contacting an inmate
• What day-to-day life is like as an inmate
• Types of facility housing
• Correctional programs and treatment
• And much more!