Oregon Department of Corrections: Criminal Alien Report for Asia-Pacific Countries October 2022
November 11, 2022
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on October 1, 2022 that 52 of the 611 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system self-declared their countries of origin as being located in Asia-Pacific countries. — 8.51 percent of the criminal alien prison population.
Criminal aliens from 17 Asia-Pacific identified countries were incarcerated in the DOC prison system.
Some background information, all 52 criminal aliens incarcerated in the DOC prison system from Asia-Pacific countries were identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and have ICE immigration detainers placed on them.
Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 52 criminal alien inmates from Asia-Pacific countries by number and percentage incarcerated on October 1st in the state’s prisons.
| OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS | ||
| Country | DOC Total Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Self-Declared Country of Origin from the Asia-Pacific countries | DOC Percent Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Self-Declared Country of Origin from the Asia-Pacific countries |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 7 | 13.46% |
| Russia | 7 | 13.46% |
| Vietnam | 7 | 13.46% |
| Cambodia | 4 | 7.69% |
| Philippines | 4 | 7.69% |
| Laos | 3 | 5.77% |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 5.77% |
| South Korea | 3 | 5.77% |
| China | 2 | 3.85% |
| Japan | 2 | 3.85% |
| Palau | 2 | 3.85% |
| Thailand | 2 | 3.85% |
| Burma | 1 | 1.92% |
| India | 1 | 1.92% |
| Iraq | 1 | 1.92% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1.92% |
| Mariana Islands (Not a Country) | 1 | 1.92% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1.92% |
| Total | 52 | 100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 October 22.
Here are the ways Oregon residents were victimized by the 52 criminal aliens from Asia-Pacific countries.
Real numbers, there were 22 of the 52 criminal alien inmates from Asia-Pacific countries incarcerated in DOC prisons for three types of sex crimes — rape, sodomy and sex abuse — 42.31 percent of the alien inmates from the Asia-Pacific countries in the state’s prisons.
Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien inmates from Asia-Pacific countries incarcerated on October 1st by type of crime.
| OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS | ||
| Crime | Total Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Type of Crime from the Asia-Pacific countries | DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Type of Crime from the Asia-Pacific countries |
| Homicide | 13 | 25.00% |
| Rape | 9 | 17.31% |
| Sodomy | 8 | 15.38% |
| Assault | 7 | 13.46% |
| Robbery | 5 | 9.62% |
| Sex Abuse | 5 | 9.62% |
| Burglary | 2 | 3.85% |
| Driving Offense | 1 | 1.92% |
| Kidnapping | 1 | 1.92% |
| Arson | 0 | 0.00% |
| Drugs | 0 | 0.00% |
| Escape | 0 | 0.00% |
| Forgery | 0 | 0.00% |
| Theft | 0 | 0.00% |
| Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other / Combination Crimes | 1 | 1.92% |
| Total | 52 | 100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 October 22.
Criminal aliens from Asia-Pacific countries incarcerated in DOC prisons committed at least one crime in 6 of 36 Oregon counties — 16.67 percent of the counties in the state.
Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien inmates from Asia-Pacific countries incarcerated on October 1st that weresentto prison from the state’s 36 counties.
| OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS | ||
| County | DOC Total Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County from the Asia-Pacific countries | DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by County from the Asia-Pacific countries |
| Multnomah | 21 | 40.38% |
| Marion | 16 | 30.77% |
| Washington | 10 | 19.23% |
| Clackamas | 2 | 3.85% |
| Jackson | 1 | 1.92% |
| Josephine | 1 | 1.92% |
| 0SS (Note: Not a county) | 1 | 1.92% |
| Baker | 0 | 0.00% |
| Benton | 0 | 0.00% |
| Clatsop | 0 | 0.00% |
| Columbia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Coos | 0 | 0.00% |
| Crook | 0 | 0.00% |
| Curry | 0 | 0.00% |
| Deschutes | 0 | 0.00% |
| Douglas | 0 | 0.00% |
| Gilliam | 0 | 0.00% |
| Grant | 0 | 0.00% |
| Harney | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hood River | 0 | 0.00% |
| Jefferson | 0 | 0.00% |
| Klamath | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lake | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lane | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lincoln | 0 | 0.00% |
| Linn | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malheur | 0 | 0.00% |
| Morrow | 0 | 0.00% |
| Polk | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sherman | 0 | 0.00% |
| Tillamook | 0 | 0.00% |
| Umatilla | 0 | 0.00% |
| Union | 0 | 0.00% |
| Wallowa | 0 | 0.00% |
| Wasco | 0 | 0.00% |
| Wheeler | 0 | 0.00% |
| Yamhill | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 52 | 100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 October 22.
Beyond the DOC criminal alien incarceration numbers and percentages by countries of origin, by crime types or by the state’s counties, criminal aliens from Asia-Pacific countries pose a real economic cost to Oregon tax payers.
An individual inmate incarcerated in the DOC prison system costs the state approximately ($140.87) per day.
The DOC’s incarceration cost for its 52 criminal alien prison population from Asia-Pacific countries is approximately ($7,325.24) per day, ($51,276.68) per week and ($2,673,712.60) per year.
None of preceding cost estimates for the DOC to incarcerate the 52 criminal aliens from Asia-Pacific countries includes the dollar amount for legal services (indigent defense), language interpreters, court costs, or victim assistance.
Bibliography:
Oregon Department of Corrections Population Profile (unpublished MS Excel workbook) titled Incarcerated Criminal Aliens Report dated October 1, 2022.
Oregon Department of Corrections Issue Brief Quick Facts, March 2022: https://www.oregon.gov/doc/Documents/agency-quick-facts.pdf
David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is crime a researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to federal, state, county and city elected and non elected governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the United States of America. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at https://docfnc.wordpress.com/.
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