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Millions Owed in Unpaid Restitution in Oregon
Loaded on June 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2013, page 44
As of early 2012, medium- and high-risk offenders in three of Oregon's 36 counties owed almost $155 million in unpaid restitution, with an average of just 16 percent of offenders statewide complying with restitution orders, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) and Oregon Judicial Department."We don't do ...
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