Section 144.490 - Status of enrollees(1) A person enrolled, or assigned to participate, in the work release program is not an agent, employee or servant of a Department of Corrections institution, the department or this state:(a) While working, seeking gainful employment or otherwise participating, in an adult in custody work program; or(b) While going to the place of such employment or work assignment from the place where the person is quartered, or while returning therefrom.(2) For purposes of this chapter, a person enrolled, or assigned to participate, in the work release program established under ORS 144.420 is considered to be an adult in custody in a Department of Corrections institution.Amended by 2019 Ch. 213,§ 36, eff. 1/1/2020.1965 c.463 §§11,13; 1987 c.320 §73; 1995 c.384 §8