There’s big money to be made in our jails and prisons. Just ask Securus Technologies, Inc. In 2013, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) signed a four-year contract with the Texas-based prison-industry giant, allowing it and two other out-of-state ...
6 Jan 2015 - Emily Green
Parenting program for mothers in the correctional facility should be expanded, not cancelled The Family Preservation Project is a parenting program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville. The program is a partnership between Portland Communi ...
27 Feb 2015 - Israel Bayer
How many teachers would drive 425 miles across the state to visit a former student serving life in prison? Mary Frances Bowers, a petite, elegant, retired college professor with a soft voice and an air of calm assurance, has been calling, writing and visi ...
29 Oct 2015 - Victoria Lewis
Sonja Skvarla, founder of A Social Ignition, uses the language of business to help people invest in themselves, even when no one else will Joshua Wright has a plan to help people, specifically young adults. His business plan is to create a mixed martial a ...
10 Dec 2015 - Joanne Zuhl
Loneliness in prison gave me time to focus on my drawings. And I began to enjoy the rewards. My name is Phillip Wilson. I was born in 1966 to Betsy Ross. My mother was also a famous wrestler in the '50s. Her stage name was also Betsy Ross, taking aft ...
7 Jun 2016 - Phillip Wilson
PART I — Inmates' cheap labor is necessary to keep prisons operating – and sometimes the work benefits the prisoners, too This is Part I of a two-part report looking inside Oregon's prison workforce. Part II explores education and training progr ...
5 Jan 2017 - Emily Green
Part II — With a statewide prison population of nearly 15,000 inmates, education programs are few and far between This is Part II of a two-part report looking inside Oregon's prison workforce. Part I explores whether prison jobs exploit inmates ...
5 Jan 2017 - Corinne Ellis
'They are human beings' who have seen the dark side David Slader first laid his hands on a painting signed “B. Pat” inside a decommissioned jail, located in the cellar of Coquille’s old city hall building. The clown-like face painted with crus ...
30 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
Corrections officials are weighing recommended changes but face barriers Two years ago, Oregon Department of Corrections partnered with the Vera Institute of Justice to examine its use of solitary confinement, or segregated housing, throughout its 14 stat ...
25 Aug 2017 - Emily Green
Complex administrative rules and changes to federal laws often leave inmates feeling helpless The 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act greatly limited a prisoner’s ability to use the legal system. It was intended to limit frivolous lawsuits, as prisoner cou ...
25 Aug 2017 - Emily Green