OR DOC – Deer Ridge Correctional Institution (DRCI)

OR DOC – Deer Ridge Correctional Institution (DRCI) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 541-325-5999

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Deer Ridge Correctional located at 3920 E Ashwood Rd in Madras, OR are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

DRCI is a medium/minimum security state prison that houses about 775 minimum-security inmates and 1,228 medium-security inmates in separate buildings. Construction of the Institution was completed in 2008 making it the newest prison in the state. Inmates here are encouraged to participate in education programs that give the inmate the ability to earn a GED. Additionally, offenders can receive mental health and substance abuse treatment. Work programs at this facility employ inmates in supportive positions within the institution and also allows them to work for various county and state agencies providing a supervised labor force.

visitation Info

OR DOC – Deer Ridge Correctional Institution – Visitation

Visiting Hours

Friday Evenings

• 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday/Holidays:

• 7:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
• 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Identification (ID)

• For visitors ages 15 and up a driver’s license, passport, state ID card, military ID card, school ID card or other official government ID card
• Appropriate clothing 
  • DO NOT WEAR BLUE DENIM OR BLUE CLOTHING OF ANY KIND. This is for security purposes since inmates themselves wear blue and blue denim clothing.
  • Dress conservatively. Dresses, skirts, jumpers, culottes, and shorts are permitted if they are worn at knee level or lower when standing. Footwear and undergarments MUST BE WORN.
  • Inappropriate clothing includes suggestive, revealing, low-cut or skimpy clothing. Hats, wrap-around skirts, halter tops, sheer or see-through clothing are not allowed. Other types of provocative clothing; camoflage of any kind; and clothing, hairstyles, insignias or other paraphernalia associated with security threat groups or that are inflammatory in nature are also not allowed. 
  • TIP: Leave an extra set of clothes in your car if you are not sure that your clothing meets the requirements.
• Quarters
  • You may need to store items in a visiting locker, which requires a quarter to work.
  • You may also wish to bring quarters for use at the vending machine in the visiting room (no more than $15 in quarters is allowed).
• Metal Detector Medical Exception Form 
  • If you have a medical condition that makes it unsafe for you to walk through a metal detector, talk to your doctor about documentation and have them complete the Metal Detector Medical Exception Form linked above.

What to Leave at Home or in a Facility Locker

• Non-emergency medications, prescribed or non-prescribed, are not allowed in the visiting room. 
• Smoking of any kind is not allowed within a correctional institution or on State of Oregon property, so please leave any tobacco products, vapes, etc. behind. 
• Cash or other negotiable instruments other than $15 in quarters. You cannot bring checkbooks, credit and/or debit cards into the visiting area. 
• Cell phones, pagers, or other electronic devices are also not allowed in the visiting area.
• Weapons of any kind should not be brought into a facility.
• Metal buttons, body piercings, jewelry, underwire bras, and some shoes may activate the metal detector. Avoid wearing metal as much as possible or be prepared to remove certain items in order to pass through the metal detector successfully. Remember that undergarments MUST BE WORN at all times.
• Outer garments such as raincoats, ski jackets, and other garments that are lined are not allowed inside the visiting room.
• Hats of any kind are not allowed to be worn inside the facility.