Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Drug Crime Report March 2019
Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on March 1, 2019 revealed that 73 of the 901 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for drug crimes — 8.10 percent of the criminal alien prison population.
Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainernumbers, the following table reveals the total number criminal alien inmates in the DOC prison system along with the number and percentage of those alien inmates incarcerated on March 1st in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.
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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 |
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March 1, 2019 |
901 |
73 |
8.10% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 19.
The 73 criminal aliens in the DOC prison system incarcerated for drug crimes were 8.06 percent of all inmates, domestic and foreign, in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.
Using the DOC Inmate Population Profile and ICE immigration detainer numbers from March 1st, the following table reveals the total number inmates incarcerated for drug crimes, the number of domestic and criminal alien inmates incarcerated for drug crimes and the percentage drug crimes committed by criminal aliens.
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Month/Day/Year |
DOC Total Number of Inmates Incarcerated for Drug Crimes |
DOC Number of Domestic Inmates Incarcerated for Drug Crimes |
DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers Incarcerated for Drug Crimes |
DOC Inmates W/ICE Detainers as a Percentage of All Inmates incarcerated for Drug Crimes |
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March 1, 2019 |
906 |
833 |
73 |
8.06% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 19 and Inmate Population Profile 01 March 19.
Criminal aliens were incarcerated in DOC prisons for drug crimes from 16 of 36 Oregon counties — 44.44 percent of the counties in the state.
Five Oregon counties, Multnomah (16 alien drug criminals), Clackamas (14 alien drug criminals), Washington (13 alien drug criminals), Jackson (6 alien drug criminals) and Marion (6 alien drug criminals) had 55 of 73 criminal alien inmates incarcerated in DOC prisons for the drug crimes — 75.34 percent of the alien inmates incarcerated for drug crimes.
Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien inmates incarcerated on March 1st that were sent to prison from the state’s 36 counties for drug crimes.
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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 |
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Multnomah |
16 |
21.92% |
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Clackamas |
14 |
19.18% |
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Washington |
13 |
17.81% |
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Jackson |
6 |
8.22% |
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Marion |
6 |
8.22% |
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Lane |
3 |
4.11% |
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Umatilla |
3 |
4.11% |
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Jefferson |
2 |
2.74% |
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Malheur |
2 |
2.74% |
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Wasco |
2 |
2.74% |
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Baker |
1 |
1.37% |
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Benton |
1 |
1.37% |
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Deschutes |
1 |
1.37% |
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Lake |
1 |
1.37% |
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Polk |
1 |
1.37% |
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Yamhill |
1 |
1.37% |
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Clatsop |
0 |
0.00% |
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Columbia |
0 |
0.00% |
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Coos |
0 |
0.00% |
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Crook |
0 |
0.00% |
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Curry |
0 |
0.00% |
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Douglas |
0 |
0.00% |
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Gilliam |
0 |
0.00% |
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Grant |
0 |
0.00% |
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Harney |
0 |
0.00% |
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Hood River |
0 |
0.00% |
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Josephine |
0 |
0.00% |
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Klamath |
0 |
0.00% |
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Lincoln |
0 |
0.00% |
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Linn |
0 |
0.00% |
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Morrow |
0 |
0.00% |
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OOS (Not a County) |
0 |
0.00% |
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Sherman |
0 |
0.00% |
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Tillamook |
0 |
0.00% |
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Union |
0 |
0.00% |
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Wallowa |
0 |
0.00% |
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Wheeler |
0 |
0.00% |
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Total |
73 |
100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 19
Criminal aliens from five identified countries were incarcerated in DOC prisons for drug crimes.
Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 67 of 73 criminal aliens convicted of drug crimes incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 91.78 percent of the alien drug criminals in the state’s prisons.
Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 73 criminal alien inmates by number and percentage incarcerated on March 1st in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.
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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 |
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Mexico |
67 |
91.78% |
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Cuba |
1 |
1.37% |
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Honduras |
1 |
1.37% |
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Italy |
1 |
1.37% |
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Laos |
1 |
1.37% |
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Unknown Countries |
2 |
2.74% |
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Total |
73 |
100.00% |
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Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 19.
David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding 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. His past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.
