Sentence Recalculation

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) cares deeply about its mission to protect communities, promote accountability, and transform lives.

Our role in the sentence calculation is to take the judgments from the courts and release adults in custody (AICs) exactly when their sentences have been served. DOC has no legal authority to release adults in custody earlier than their calculated release date, hold them in prison after their time has been served, or return them to prison without a court order.

When the Supreme Court directed DOC to change the way sentences are calculated in their July 10, 2025, Torres-Lopez v. Fahrion decision, we immediately began working with our General Counsel from the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) to guide its application to DOC sentencing recalculations.

Since the implications of the Torrez-Lopez v. Fahrion decision became clear, DOC has worked diligently to implement the sentence recalculation order and alert all affected parties.

• As of October 2025, the sentences of over 10,500 AICs were reviewed. For each AIC, the Department needed to evaluate whether the AIC had sentences in which the court had “expressly provided” for credit under ORS 137.370(4).
• In the 3% of those sentences where the AICs release date changed, crime victims have been notified via the Victim Information Services in Oregon (VISOR) alert system.
• Representatives from DOC attended the statewide Oregon District Attorney Association conference on August 6^th and reported to them during the “Community Partner Update” session about the implications of Torres-Lopez v. Fahrion to sentence recalculation.
• DOC has been responsive to information requests from District Attorneys and State Legislators seeking to understand more about the Torres-Lopez v. Fahrion decision and its impacts to both victims and AICs.

DOC has shared the full list of all AICs who have had their sentences recalculated with District Attorneys and have developed a plan for notifying them as sentences for more recently admitted AICs are calculated. If a court provides a corrected judgment to DOC, the sentence will be recalculated, a warrant will be issued by DOC, and the individual will be returned to custody.

Crime victims who want to receive updates about an offender's recalculated release date should subscribe to VISOR (Victim Information System in Oregon) if they haven’t already. Visit https://visor.oregon.gov/ to sign up for changes to an offender's current location, custody status, and release date. This system is the only way DOC can send updates to victims.