Despite consistent allegations by several women who said they were abused as inmates, doubts about other accusers’ claims meant charges weren’t filed This report contains potentially triggering details of an alleged sexual assault and may not be suitable ...
5 Apr 2019 - Emily Green
An examination of the state's bail system shows that it might not be achieving its goals Alice Jackson, 55, was poised to spend Christmas inside a Multnomah County jail cell following her arrest on Nov. 24. “I was real depressed when I couldn’t come ...
25 Jan 2019 - Emily Green
Journalist Shane Bauer has written a book about his four months inside as a security guard There are few pretenses under which it’s considered ethical for a journalist to go undercover. Shane Bauer used Poynter’s criteria as a basis for weighing his deci ...
21 Sep 2018 - Emily Green
He'll be at Hollywood Theatre July 18 for a screening of his groundbreaking films ‘Willie’ and ‘Murderers’ After five years of correspondence, local artist Vanessa Renwick has convinced her favorite photographer to come to Portland and screen two of ...
13 Jul 2018 - Emily Green
Corrections employees named in civil rights lawsuit claiming abuse, including use of solitary confinement as retaliation Oregon Department of Corrections staff fabricated evidence and unlawfully used solitary confinement in order to punish two inmates wit ...
20 Apr 2018 - Emily Green
Rising rents are pricing out service industry workers, but jobseekers coming out of prison are ready to work When Cala began serving its now-acclaimed Mexican cuisine in San Francisco two years ago, most diners didn’t know that more than half the restaura ...
24 Nov 2017 - Emily Green
'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
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
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