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Article: Sex offender facility committed to change and rehabilitation. (Snake River Correctional Institution)
- Article from:
- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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The Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI), Oregon's newest medium security prison, is a unique facility. SRCI is a megaprison that will eventually house 3,000 inmates. Currently, 648 beds have been constructed, with 360 beds funded for operation. What makes this prison unique is that 98 percent of its population are sex offenders. (The remaining 2 percent comprise inmates transferred for gang management purposes and inmates who have the skills needed for maintaining the physical plant.)
The Origins of a Sex Offender Prison
SRCI opened in 1991 as a traditional prison receiving a mixed general population of inmates. At that time, sex offenders represented ...