Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Drug Crime Report December 2017

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Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
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Sunday, January 28, 2018
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Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated that on December 1, 2017 that 97 of the 973 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for drug crimes, 9.97 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 December 1st in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Drug Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Drug Crimes

December 1, 2017

973

97

9.97%

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

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

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

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

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

Multnomah

33

34.02%

Washington

18

18.56%

Clackamas

14

14.43%

Jackson

7

7.22%

Marion

7

7.22%

Klamath

3

3.09%

Benton

2

2.06%

Lane

2

2.06%

Malheur

2

2.06%

Umatilla

2

2.06%

Wasco

2

2.06%

Deschutes

1

1.03%

Douglas

1

1.03%

Josephine

1

1.03%

Lake

1

1.03%

Polk

1

1.03%

Baker

0

0.00%

Clatsop

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0.00%

Coos

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0.00%

Gilliam

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0.00%

Hood River

0

0.00%

Jefferson

0

0.00%

Lincoln

0

0.00%

Linn

0

0.00%

Morrow

0

0.00%

OOS (Not a County)

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0.00%

Tillamook

0

0.00%

Union

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0.00%

Yamhill

0

0.00%

Total

97

100.00%

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

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 97 criminal alien inmates by number and percentage incarcerated on December 1st in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

 

Mexico

85

87.63%

 

Honduras

4

4.12%

 

El Salvador

2

2.06%

 

Australia

1

1.03%

 

Italy

1

1.03%

 

Laos

1

1.03%

 

Russia

1

1.03%

 

Unknown Countries

2

2.06%

 

Total

97

100.00%

 

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

Criminal aliens from seven different countries have committed drug crimes 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/