DOC sentences impacted by Oregon Supreme Court decision
By Griffin Beach on Friday, November 28th, 2025 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
SALEM – An Oregon Supreme Court decision could impact the release dates of inmates in the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) and have even impacted some individuals who’ve already been released.
The court’s clarification of decision in Torres-Lopez v. Fahrion impacts the way “time-served” is calculated into sentences. The decision from the court led the DOC to begin reviewing hundreds of sentences for recalculation with guidance from Oregon’s Department of Justice.
DOC said they are now applying time served credit to the sum of the consecutive sentences which means twenty formerly incarcerated individuals owe additional time, of which seventeen have been returned to custody. They’re also recalculating the sentences of several hundred adults who are currently in custody.
Morrow County District Attorney Justin Nelson said none of the cases under consideration for recalculation were from Morrow County but was aware of one Umatilla County case where the defendant was revoked from probation while being supervised by Morrow County Probation and Parole.
Umatilla County District Attorney Dan Primus said his office had a few cases that were impacted by the decision, but that none had any real significance only changing release dates by a few days.
The Umatilla County Jail said as of Nov. 26 they had not had anyone returned to custody as the result of this sentence calculation.
“We recognize that the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision to change sentence calculations has significant and immediate impacts on victims, survivors, the formerly incarcerated, and their families,” said DOC Spokesperson Amber Campbell in a release. “As we implement these changes, the Department of Corrections remains firmly committed to public safety, accountability, and full transparency throughout every step of this process.”
