Oregon Statutes - Chapter 420 - Youth Correction Facilities; Youth Care Centers - Section 420.005 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 420.005 to 420.048, 420.060 to 420.235, 420.810 to 420.840 and 420.905 to 420.915, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Design capacity” means the number of youth offenders or other persons a youth correction facility is able to hold based on applicable safety codes and standards.

(2) “Director” means the Director of the Oregon Youth Authority.

(3) “Youth authority” means the Oregon Youth Authority.

(4) “Youth correction facility” means a facility used for the confinement of youth offenders and other persons placed in the legal or physical custody of the youth authority and includes secure regional youth facilities, regional accountability camps, residential academies and satellites, camps and branches of those facilities.

(5) “Youth offender” has the meaning given that term in ORS 419A.004. [1965 c.616 §29; 1969 c.597 §128; 1971 c.401 §96; 1985 c.229 §1; 1995 c.422 §88; 1999 c.109 §4; 2001 c.295 §13; 2003 c.396 §139]

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