Lawmakers debate solutions to sex offender backlog

Sex assault survivors and advocates are blasting Oregon’s solution to address a backlog of thousands of unclassified sex offenders in the state, as the agency defended it as a data-driven approach to get a handle on a years-long problem.

There are currently about 12,500 sex offenders living, working, or going to school in Oregon who have not undergone a risk assessment by the Oregon Board of Parole or local corrections agencies – meaning the state has no idea how likely those people are to commit new sex crimes.

The agency is currently under a legislative deadline to clear that backlog by Dec. 1, 2026. However, its leaders want the legislature to remove the deadline and reduce the number of people it needs to do risk assessments on.

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