Oregon AFSCME Corrections Links

AFSCME Corrections United (ACU) - We're 60,000 corrections officers and 20,000 corrections employees who've joined forces in a labor union to fight for better pay and benefits, for safe workplaces, and to uphold the standard of professionalism in our field. Find out more about why you're not alone with ACU.

Corrections and Criminal Justice Coalition (CCJC)  The purpose of the Corrections and Criminal Justice Coalition (CCJC) is to advance the mission and status of the correctional officer's profession.  The CCJC will ensure that correctional officers have a strong, clear and unified voice in the debate over reforming the criminal justice system as it impacts on corrections.  The CCJC will achieve its mission through introduction and support of legislative and regulatory proposals favorable to correctional officers at the federal, state and local levels.

Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC)  The mission of the Oregon Department of Corrections is to promote public safety by holding offenders accountable for their actions and reducing the risk of future criminal behavior.

Law Enforcement Data Systems (LEDS) The mission of LEDS is to plan, develop, manage and operate statewide information systems to enhance police officer safety and to assist law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in the investigation of crimes; the location, apprehension, adjudication and supervision of criminal offenders; location of missing persons; identification of stolen property; and the measurement of the type, extent and effect of crime on the State; so that these agencies may serve the public effectively.

The American Correctional Association (ACA) - A multi-disciplinary organization of professionals representing all facets of corrections & criminal justice, including federal, state, and military correctional facilities and prisons, county jails and detention centers, probation/parole agencies, and community corrections/halfway houses.

The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation (CPOF) A national, non-profit charitable organization created in 1984. It is dedicated to the preservation and support of the surviving families of Correctional Peace Officers who lose their lives in pursuit of their chosen profession of protecting the public from those remanded to Correctional custody and supervision in the nation's prisons and jails.

  Oregon AFSCME Council 75 (CN75)

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

• The largest public employee union in the nation
• The nation's fastest-growing union
• The second largest union in the AFL-CIO more than 1.3 million strong
• The only union chartered exclusively by the AFL-CIO to represent state and local employees; and
• The men and women who work for universities, health and social service agencies
• The only union that devotes all of its energies to these employees.

Public Safety & Justice Campaign (PSJC)

Mission Statement - For-profit private prisons, jails or detention centers have no place in a democratic society. Profiteering from the incarceration of human beings compromises public safety and corrupts justice.  In the spirit of democracy and accountability, we call for an end to all for-profit incarceration.