Correctional Facilities Community Inspection Program General Public Application

Apply to inspect county jails with a Commissioner. Help ensure public oversight and transparency of correctional institutions.

Thank you for visiting the 2025 Correctional Facilities Community Inspection Program General Public application. 

Multnomah County Charter requires each member of the Board of County Commissioners to conduct at least one additional annual inspection of County jails and correctional institutions, accompanied by at least one volunteer member of the public. 

Volunteers are selected through an application and interview process. Volunteer applications will be reviewed by the commissioner of the district in which the applicant resides, works or has a demonstrated connection. Selected volunteers will accompany the district commissioner that selects them for the inspection. 

Please note that this document is a public record that may be subject to disclosure. If you have questions or would like to connect with staff, please send an email to CFCIP@multco.us. For more information, visit the project website.

Application Form

Name and Contact Information

Connection to Multnomah County

Do you reside in Multnomah County?
Do you work in Multnomah County?
Do you have a demonstrable connection to Multnomah County?
Have you served on any other Multnomah County boards, commissions or committees?
Do you have any actual or potential conflicts of interest related to any County department? (For example: you are an employee or a board member for an organization that receives County funding and/or has contracts with the County. If you have any questions about what constitutes an actual or potential conflict of interest, please email CFCIP@multco.us.)

Facility Entry Agreement

Applicants are required to sign a Facility Entry Agreement, as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA). If this form is not filled out and submitted along with the application, the applicant will not move forward.

Download, complete and email the following Facility Entry Agreement Form to CFCIP@multco.us. The form must be filled out and submitted for your application to move forward. 

More Information: PREA was enacted and signed into Federal law in 2003, for the purpose of establishing a zero-tolerance standard for the incidents of sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement, including local jails/detention facilities. The Facility Entry Agreement includes a list of MCSO rules and policies that must be followed while in an Multnomah County Sheriff's Office facility. 

Criminal History Records Check Authorization

Applicants will be required to pass a criminal history records check. (Please note: having previous contact with law enforcement is not necessarily disqualifying for this opportunity.)

Download, complete and email the following Criminal History Records Check Authorization Form to CFCIP@multco.us. You may also download instructions for completing the form. The form must be filled out and submitted for your application to move forward. 

More information: The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) conducts criminal history records investigations to determine if any individual requesting access to MCSO infrastructure meets MCSO's access criteria for the form of access requested. The Records Check Authorization form is used to establish identity, verify the existence of any relevant criminal history, and acts as an ongoing authorization granting MCSO the ability to complete an investigatory criminal history records check, at any time, while access is authorized. Providing this information is voluntary. However, if the check is not submitted as outlined, we may not be able to complete the request for access, and may require a new submission for any future access requested. The information collected during this process is confidential and will not be shared with anyone but the applicant, unless solicited lawfully as part of a criminal investigation.

Supplementary questions

You may answer the following questions either in the spaces provided below or in a separate document.

Download a fillable Word document or a fillable PDF file that includes the supplementary questions listed below. Once you have completed your answers, save the document and email it to CFCIP@multco.us.

1. In a short paragraph, why are you interested in participating in the Correctional Facilities Community Inspection Program?

2. What experiences do you have that may help inform your perspective of the jail inspections? (For example, experience with advocacy, the criminal justice system or another government system.)

3. Provide us with a summary of your work and volunteer experience. (You may provide a written response or supply a separate resume.)

Choose how you would like to respond to Question 3:

4. Selected applicants will receive a stipend upon the completion of the following responsibilities (totaling ~10 hours of work): attending a volunteer orientation, attending the additional jail inspection in person, and contributing to a final report of findings and recommendations. If selected, will you be able to commit to completing these three responsibilities?

Select your response to Question 4:

5. How did you learn about this opportunity?

Select your response to Question 5:

6. Use the space below to leave any additional questions, comments or qualifications that you have not shared already in your application.

Recommendation or reference letter

If you have a recommendation or reference letter you'd like to include with your application, you may email it to CFCIP@multco.us.

Additional preferred qualifications

  • Residing in, working in or demonstrated connection to Multnomah County.
  • Connection to communities disproportionately impacted by incarceration and/or institutionalization. 

The selection process

We will evaluate applicants through the following process:

  1. Initial review of complete applications for qualifications and required/optional attachments.
  2. Criminal History Records Check.
  3. Interviews for consideration of top applicants.
  4. Final selection of applicants.
  5. Selected and approved applicants notified.

Please note that if you do not pass the Criminal History Records Check (explanation above), your application will not move forward for consideration. In addition, the Facility Entry Agreement is required for anyone visiting a County correctional facility. If you do not agree to the terms of the agreement, your application will not move forward for consideration.

Optional questions 

The following questions are optional and are used by Multnomah County to track the effectiveness of our outreach efforts. Answers to these questions will not impact our evaluation of applications. Please complete as much or as little as you wish. Individual responses will be held confidential to the extent allowed by law.

What is your gender? (check all that apply)
Which of the following do you identify as your racial and/or ethnic identity? (check all that apply)
Which best describes your current housing? (check all that apply)

Required forms reminder

Please remember to send a completed Criminal History Records Check Authorization form and a completed Facility Entry Agreement form via email to CFCIP@multco.us.

You may also include the optional recommendation/reference letters and formatted resume in the same email. The Criminal History Records Check Authorization form and the Facility Entry Agreement form must be received in order for the application to move forward.

Last reviewed July 31, 2025

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