Salem man held in jail despite no criminal charges is clear violation of civil rights, attorneys say A 27-year-old Salem man with a developmental disability and mental illness has been held in the Marion County Jail for more than two months with no crimin ...
18 Aug 2021 - Henry Brannan
Disability Rights Oregon report documents how criminalizing disabilities leads to deaths in jail L ast April, a 34-year-old U.S. Army veteran named Alex Jimenez was arrested in his hometown of Warrenton as he was walking down the street. When Alex didn’t ...
10 Mar 2021 - Liz Reetz
The practice of using police dogs to intimidate inmates is dangerous and unnecessary, Disability Rights Oregon says Oregon’s leading civil rights group for people with disabilities is calling for an end to using dogs in jails to forcibly control inmates. ...
13 Nov 2018 - Joanne Zuhl