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  1. ODOC fails to disclose cause of more than 63% of in-custody deaths

    State agencies can’t agree on who’s responsible. Experts say this is a transparency problem. Federal laws require state prisons to track all in-custody deaths, but a Street Roots investigation shows these reports are often incomplete in Oregon. Street Roo ...

    28 Dec 2022 - Piper McDaniel

  2. New, innovative project offers lifeline to youths after foster care

    Ascending Flow uses music and mentorship to support youth aging out of Oregon’s foster care system Outside a building bathed in colorful graffiti along Southeast 122nd Avenue in Portland’s Mill Park neighborhood, several young men sporting tattoos, high t ...

    7 Dec 2022 - Libby Dowsett

  3. Opinion l Mental Health Association of Portland tells City Council its plan for mass encampments is costly, inhumane and ineffective

    The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes city of Portland’s camps for people who are homeless, as described in five resolutions passed by four of five City Council members The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes the city of Portland’s c ...

    16 Nov 2022 - Mental Health A...

  4. Guaranteed basic income program promotes healing, resilience among Black Portlanders

    Brown Hope aims to support Black communities through basic income programs The local nonprofit that distributed millions of dollars to Black Portlanders throughout the pandemic is launching a new program to further support Black Portlanders — three years ...

    24 Aug 2022 - Mia Ryder-Marks

  5. Opinion | History of Portland’s Homeless Alcohol and Drug Intervention Network

    A carceral response to public inebriates — once narrowly focused on low-income people downtown — caused people to search for a better way, fueling the creation of HADIN In the mid-1980s, the most dire problem on the streets of Portland (from the point of ...

    6 Jul 2022 - Jason Renaud

  6. LaQuida Landford's innovative vision for her community

    Landford was already distributing resources in her community, but now she hopes to expand her reach with a hub where people can go to receive vital resources In 2018, LaQuida Landford returned from a trip to her father’s home country, Belize, with a clear ...

    26 Jan 2022 - Latisha Jensen

  7. Domicile Unknown Report found 126 deaths in 2020

    Drug overdoses and medical conditions contributed to the largest number of deaths among the 126 people who died while homeless in Multnomah County in 2020, highlighting need for services, permanent housing. The last time Hope Yamasaki saw her son was at t ...

    15 Dec 2021 - Latisha Jensen

  8. Salem man held in jail 'on the idea of future crimes he might commit'

    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

  9. Despite court orders, 16 held in jail rather than Oregon State Hospital

    Advocates say jail is dangerous for people with mental illness, but the state psychiatric hospital cites red tape and a limited number of beds Despite court orders, 16 people found guilty except for insanity in Oregon are being held in jail rather than tr ...

    21 Jul 2021 - Henry Brannan

  10. Block 14 at Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery will finally get its due

    A long-sought memorial honoring hundreds of Chinese immigrants and people with mental illness whose graves were paved over is coming to fruition S ixteen years ago, officials discovered what some people had long suspected: a neglected corner of Southeast ...

    26 May 2021 - Christen McCurdy

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