Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Homicide Report August 2017

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Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017
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Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on August 1, 2017 that 138 of the 984 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for homicidal crimes (various degrees of murder and manslaughter), 14.02 percent of the criminal alien prison population.

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number criminal alien inmates along with the number and percentage of those alien inmates incarcerated on August 1st in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Homicidal Crimes

August 1, 2017

984

138

14.02%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 August 17.

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien inmates incarcerated on August 1st that were sent to prison from the state’s 36 counties for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

DOC Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

Multnomah

40

28.99%

Marion

22

15.94%

Washington

21

15.22%

Umatilla

11

7.97%

Clackamas

7

5.07%

Jackson

6

4.35%

Lane

5

3.62%

Klamath

3

2.17%

Linn

3

2.17%

Yamhill

3

2.17%

Benton

2

1.45%

Josephine

2

1.45%

Lincoln

2

1.45%

Polk

2

1.45%

Clatsop

1

0.72%

Coos

1

0.72%

Douglas

1

0.72%

Gilliam

1

0.72%

Hood River

1

0.72%

Jefferson

1

0.72%

Malheur

1

0.72%

OOS (Not a County)

1

0.72%

Tillamook

1

0.72%

Baker

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0.00%

Deschutes

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0.00%

Morrow

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0.00%

Union

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0.00%

Wasco

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0.00%

Total

138

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 August 17.

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 138 criminal alien inmates by number and percentage incarcerated on August 1st in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

DOC Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

 

Mexico

108

78.26%

 

Cuba

4

2.90%

 

Canada

3

2.17%

 

Vietnam

3

2.17%

 

Cambodia

2

1.45%

 

El Salvador

2

1.45%

 

Guatemala

2

1.45%

 

Laos

2

1.45%

 

South Korea

2

1.45%

 

China

1

0.72%

 

Costa Rica

1

0.72%

 

Japan

1

0.72%

 

Mariana Islands

1

0.72%

 

Marshall Islands

1

0.72%

 

Nicaragua

1

0.72%

 

Nigeria

1

0.72%

 

Peru

1

0.72%

 

South Africa

1

0.72%

 

Turkey

1

0.72%

 

Total

138

100.00%

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 August 17.

Criminal aliens from 18 different countries have committed homicidal violence against residents in the state of Oregon.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. This report is a service to Oregon state, county and city governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the state. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com or at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/