Detention Center Expansion at 6000 NE 80th Ave

Increase in bed capacity for post-incarceration facility

Site: 6000 NE 80th Ave
Owner: Northwest Regional Re-Entry Center, Natalie Wright
Feedback Due: Nov 19, 2025

Portland Permitting & Development opened public input for a land use decision affecting the Cully neighborhood. Share your feedback with Cully Association of Neighbors by emailing the land use committee or directly with the city by emailing the assigned planner.

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The Northwest Regional Re-Entry Center is an existing post-incarceration facility operating as a Conditional Use on this site since approval in 2002.

The applicant proposes to add a 2-story, 6,500-sf addition to the rear of the existing facility approximately 40-ft from the north and east property lines to increase the capacity to 180-beds.

This land use decision concerns a proposed adjustment to an existing facility. The city is not deciding whether the existing facility can continue to operate, only whether the facility may expand.

Permitting & Development can only consider consider input related to the approval criteria for this decision: 

• Conditional Uses - Detection Facilities: See section  33.815.205.A-C

Email the CAN land use committee to share your feedback on this decision or ask questions. Feedback is due to the city by November 19, 2025.