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CAGED: Solitary confinement – an inmate's perspective

'This is a lonely place,' Shane Staggs writes from his one-man cell at Oregon State Penitentiary Shane Staggs wrote about his experience in solitary confinement for Street Roots while he was sitting in the Disciplinary Segregation Unit at Oregon ...

30 Aug 2017 - Emily Green
CAGED: Inmates raise red flags about Oregon's solitary confinement

Prisoners say staffers at Oregon State Penitentiary are abusing the system and overusing solitary confinement Solitary confinement in Oregon’s prison system is “overused, overly long and characterized by isolating conditions.” That’s the conclusion of the ...

25 Aug 2017 - Emily Green
CAGED: Reforms to solitary confinement in Oregon uncertain

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
CAGED: Little recourse for Oregon prisoners

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