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Opinion | Defeat the prison system’s problems the way a vaccine defeats a virus

By learning from the source. Trauma is a virus, and we prisoners cannot change this alone. Ga lo Vann is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Eastern Oklahoma and a prisoner at Oregon State Correctional State Institution in Salem. A vaccine carrie ...

31 Mar 2021 - Ga lo Vann
Guard at Oregon women’s prison faces felony charges for domestic violence

Alex Doran works directly with female prisoners at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility despite serious allegations D espite facing felony charges for domestic violence, the Oregon Department of Corrections has allowed Alex Doran to keep his job as a correc ...

24 Mar 2021 - Emily Green
Opinion | The rising tide of unnecessary death in Oregon jails

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
These are the 42 Oregon state prisoners who have died from COVID-19

With more than 3,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus among its prisoners, the Oregon Department of Corrections has faced criticism for its handling of the pandemic Chronicled in this special report are the 42 prisoners who, as of press time, had died of CO ...

10 Mar 2021 - Chris May and Emily Green
COVID-19 in Oregon’s prisons: Phyll Mendacino advocated for Indigenous rights behind bars

Phillip Red Woman, a Northern Cheyenne tribal member and an Army veteran, died from COVID-19 while incarcerated Phyll Mendacino, 65 Died Jan. 26, 2021 Two Rivers Correctional Institution Release date: Sept. 2, 2023 (tentative parole) Read more profiles ...

10 Mar 2021 - Chris May
COVID-19 in Oregon’s prisons: James Hargrave had a big heart

The ‘always upbeat’ father, husband and friend died from COVID-19 while incarcerated James Hargrave, 70 Died Jan. 20, 2021 Two Rivers Correctional Institution Release date: Life, no parole date set Read more profiles of Oregon state prisoners who died fro ...

10 Mar 2021 - Chris May
COVID-19 in Oregon’s prisons: Bernardino Garcia was committed to preserving his Indigenous culture

The Siletz Tribe member, who died after contracting the coronavirus in prison, advocated for his people Bernardino Garcia, 32 Died Dec. 30, 2020 Oregon State Penitentiary Release date: Nov. 7, 2022 Read more profiles of Oregon state prisoners who died f ...

10 Mar 2021 - Chris May
COVID-19 in Oregon’s prisons: Brian McCarvill was an anarchist who fought for prison abolition

The jailhouse lawyer, who litigated his own case against the Department of Corrections while he was in solitary confinement, died from COVID-19 on his 68th birthday Brian McCarvill, 68 Died Sept. 27, 2020 Snake River Correctional Institution Release date: ...

10 Mar 2021 - MG Belka
Opinion | A prisoner’s perspective: This moment is about more than COVID-19

‘We all share the same surfaces because we are less than you, smaller spaces because we are less than you’ F rom behind prison walls, the business of COVID-19 is much like other external events. Recreational marijuana dispensaries, Donald Trump, the multi ...

10 Mar 2021 - Ga lo Vann
Why The Marshall Project is tracking COVID-19 in America’s prisons

Katie Park, one of the journalists behind the project, talks to Street Roots about what the team has learned: ‘This really is a serious issue behind bars’ The Marshall Project has been tracking confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths within America’s state ...

10 Mar 2021 - Emily Green