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Spare the What?! The argument for more jail beds falls flat

Willamette Week’s May 7 piece on juvenile justice in Oregon, “ Spare the Jail, Spoil the Child,” demanded a reaction. As the title suggests, the article posited that Multnomah County in particular, and Oregon in general, need to use more jail beds to addr ...

17 Jun 2014 - Shannon Wight
Report finds inadequacies in placement, treatment of Oregon’s mentally ill youths

Juvenile detention centers – where most inmates experience mental illness – aren’t equipped to handle kids with serious needs In Oregon, kids with mental health needs who come into state custody are being warehoused in juvenile detention facilities becaus ...

29 Jan 2016 - Emily Green
Youths branded by Measure 11

Oregon is one of 15 states where prosecutors alone can decide whether to try a youth as an adult — and it’s happening to black and Latino teens disproportionately When administrators summoned 15-year-old Keeshawn Bullitt to the main office at Grant High S ...

4 Apr 2016 - Emily Green
Street Roots editorial: Enough with juvenile Measure 11 charges

Charging youths as adults presents serious problems – and doesn’t reduce crime rates We know too much, and have seen enough evidence of the consequences, to continue punishing juvenile offenders as adults. We know too well the research explaining the deve ...

4 Apr 2016 - SR editorial board
Measure 11 makes no sense for youths

COMMENTARY | ‘Get tough’ response to crime has devastating consequences In 2011, Partnership for Safety and Justice and the Campaign for Youth Justice published “Misguided Measures.” We examined Oregon’s Ballot Measure 11 (1994) and how, by exposing youth ...

4 Apr 2016 - Andy Ko
No place to go: Beds in demand for youths with mental illness

Conversations about Oregon’s shortage are moving forward, but progress is slow It’s been six months since an Oregon Judicial Department task force quietly released a report outlining troubling shortfalls in the state’s placement and treatment of children ...

14 Jul 2016 - Emily Green
Black youths take aim at Measure 11

Time for Oregon to stop automatically trying juveniles as adults, they say The message resonating from the outdoor stage on Aug. 20 was clear: It’s time for Oregon to stop automatically trying juveniles as adults, condemning them to long prison sentences ...

25 Aug 2016 - Emily Green