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| General Information |
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Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
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Address:
2500 Westgate
Pendleton, Oregon 97801-9699
Phone:
Information: (541) 276-0700
FAX: (541) 278-1841
Management:
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| Visiting Information |
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Visiting Hours:
Visiting is permitted on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Morning Session: 8:30 - 11:15 a.m.
- Afternoon Session: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
There is NO VISITING on Monday or Tuesday
Visiting Rule: OAR Div 127 Visiting (Inmate)
Driving Directions to EOCI:
Arriving from the East - Take I-84 to Pendleton, Exit 207. Turn right at the stop sign, follow Highway 30 (Westgate) until you see Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution´s sign on the right.
Arriving from the West - Take I-84 to Pendleton, Exit 207. Turn left at the stop sign, follow Highway 30 (Westgate) until you see Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution´s sign on the right.
Click here to see a map to EOCI
Visitor Parking:
Parking is available on the west side of the prison in the lower parking lot that is to the right after crossing the railroad tracks.
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| Inmate Phone Use |
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General Phone Use:
Phones are available to the inmates in the yard and on the unit between the hours of 7:30am to 10:30pm, seven days a week. The exceptions to this include:
During work hours, meal time, count, or any programming the inmate is involved in. Programming includes education classes, religious services, NA/AA, meetings with a counselor or other staff member, or any other type of call outs.
Emergency Notifications:
To notify an inmate of a family emergency, please contact the inmate's counselor, the Chaplain, or call the information line and the staff member who answers will assist you in getting in contact with the appropriate person.
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| Commonly Requested Information |
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| Custody Level: |
Medium |
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| About EOCI: |
Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI) was authorized in 1983 by the 62nd Legislative Assembly as the first medium-security adult male correctional facility established outside Marion County. Until its conversion to a prison, EOCI had been a state mental hospital, with most of the buildings originally constructed in 1912-13. The first inmates were received on June 24, 1985. The 1600-bed facility is Pendleton´s fourth largest employer.
The institution has 19 separate general population housing units, comprised of 596 dormitory structured beds and 897 cell-structured beds, a 99 single occupancy cell Disciplinary Segregation Unit, and an 8 bed Infirmary.
EOCI contracts with Blue Mountain Community College to provide education services at the institution. Approximately 1,000 inmates have received either a GED certificate or an adult high school diploma since the education program began in 1986.
New Directions Education Project was formed in 1999 by a group of people who felt that inmates should have more than a GED to start their lives upon release. Donations were sought from churches, civic groups, individuals and eventually from foundations in order to pay for tuition, textbooks and supplies so that Blue Mountain Community College would provide instructors to teach college-transfer classes at EOCI.
Programs offered to inmates at EOCI, include:
- Behavioral Health Services: HIV education/pre-post counseling, mental health case management services, crisis intervention, mental health counseling groups, and a mental health day treatment/transition step-down program (Challenge of Prison Experience).
- Religious Services offers many programs to help inmates while incarcerated. Some of the programs offered are Anger Management, Making Peace With Your Past, Search for Significance and the Purpose Driven Life. These programs are all voluntary, faith-based and may be accessed by all inmates.
EOCI is the state´s only facility where the internationally-recognized "Prison Blues " line of blue denim clothing is manufactured. The garment factory is one of two prison industries programs operating at the facility. The prison´s commercial laundry cleans clothing and other items for EOCI and Snake River Correctional Institution, in addition to Pendleton´s local high school, the city´s fire department, the Pendleton Convention Center, and Krusteaz Flour Mill. Other inmate work opportunities include: food service, clerical, and facility maintenance.
The Creative Arts program started in March 2001 and includes wood working and cast iron projects. The program provides meaningful work learning essential job skills in a realistic work environment that is designed to improve an inmate´s chance of getting a job and becoming a productive citizen upon release to the community. The program is completely self-funded. The staff and inmate continue to explore unique ideas for creative arts projects and in doing so the program is now assisting other state agencies in development of their wood working programs.
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DOC Frequently Asked Questions
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| Visiting Rule: |
OAR Div 127 Visiting (Inmate)
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| Inmate's Trust Account: |
Posting Money to an Inmate's Account |
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OAR Div 131 Mail (Inmate)
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Contact
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Andrea T. Neistadt, Executive Support to the Superintendent - EOCI
Andrea.T.Neistadt@doc.state.or.us
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