OR DOC – Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI)

OR DOC – Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 503-373-0100

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Oregon State Correctional located at 3405 Deer Park Dr SE in Salem, 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.

OSCI is a medium-security facility located three miles east of Salem, houses about 890 male inmates. Inmates with physical or medical disabilities are housed in a specialized dormitory housing unit. Over half of the inmates at this facility will be released within six months. The Institution typically houses younger inmates, including those who have been transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult facility. Inmates here can receive substance abuse and mental health treatment while incarcerated. This prison puts a strong emphasis on education and transitional programs, to help inmates who are preparing to be discharged and rejoin society. Religious services are available to all inmates. Also, they can participate in the Oregon Corrections Enterprise Industries which employs inmates in the mailroom, in customer service and in a print shop.

Programs and services:

• Education
• Drug and alcohol treatment
• Transition programs
• Work assignments
• Mental health treatment
• Religious services

Oregon Corrections Enterprises (OCE)
industries:

• Mail room
• Print shop
• Contact centers

visitation Info

OR DOC -Oregon State Correctional Institution – Visitation

Visiting Hours: Wednesday through Sunday: 8:15 – 10:45 a.m. and 1:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Visiting applications must be filled out completely in order to be processed. Print legibly or type in all information. The name of the visitor should match DMV records. Applications should be mailed to Inmate Services Unit – 2575 Center Street NE, Salem OR 97310 or submitted via e-mail to DOC.Visitors@doc.state.or.us. Contact the Inmate Services Unit at (503) 378-2883 with any questions concerning visiting applications.

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.