COMMENTARY | District attorneys have the power to make changes now In almost every situation, children enjoy a special status based on recognition that they are physically, psychologically, and developmentally different from adults. But, in contrast to th ...
30 Jun 2016 - Bobbin Singh
Letter to the editor by Martha Gies Thanks Emily Green and Street Roots for a well-researched cover story about Measure 11 and its terrible impact on kids of color. Measure 11 gives the prosecution a claw hammer with which to bludgeon young defendants, by ...
7 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
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
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
Partnership for Safety and Justice and our allies made important legislative progress in the area of smarter public safety Each legislative session has its own unique feel, but few people at the Capitol could have anticipated the roller-coaster ride of Or ...
6 Aug 2015 - Shannon Wight
For months, we have heard story after story in the national media about young people — often young people of color — who have been abused by our criminal justice system. The latest story, out of New York, was about Kalief Browder, a young man who was arre ...
19 Jun 2015 - Gina Anzaldúa
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” President Obama added, “But it does not do so on its own. It does so because there are hands of ordinary people doing extraordinary things every single ...
31 Dec 2014 - PSJ Staff Members
Summer is here and many of us have been treated to the familiar serenade that calls up so many childhood memories: the lilting melody of the ice cream truck. Imagine the disappointment on little kids’ faces if, after running up to the ice cream truck with ...
14 Aug 2013 - Kerry Naughton
Regular readers of our column will know that Partnership for Safety and Justice and our members worked very hard to help shape the recommendations that the Governor’s Commission on Public Safety made to the Oregon Legislature. The result was House Bill 31 ...
16 Jun 2013 - David Rogers
While other states reduce incarceration and crime, Oregon is on track to spend $600M on new prison space By Denise Welch and Sonny Lerma, Contributing Columnists This year, Oregon’s Legislature will examine whether to pass reforms that reduce our reliance ...
26 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff