State v. Galligan

*37PETERSON, C. J.

The issue presented is whether an inmate at a correctional facility who is given authorization to leave the facility for work but fails to return to the facility at the appointed time may be charged with the crime of “unauthorized departure.” ORS 162.175.

The defendant was an inmate at a corrections facility, the Multnomah County Restitution Center (MCRC). He was released temporarily from the MCRC on a work-release program but failed to return to the MCRC at the scheduled time. He was convicted of the crime of “unauthorized departure’ ’ under ORS 162.175, a Class A misdemeanor.…