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  1. Rod Underhill and the D.A. agenda: Reduce incarceration

    Multnomah County’s incarceration rate is less than half the national average, but disparities remain When Rod Underhill attached his name to new group aimed at putting fewer people behind bars, he made a symbolic statement more prudent district attorneys ...

    19 Nov 2015 - Emily Green

  2. FCC caps cost of inmate phone calls

    Cost of Multnomah County Jail inmate calls to drop slightly, from $2.55 to $2.10 per 15 minutes The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to cap local and in-state prison and jail phone rates and to cut its existing cap on long-distance cal ...

    22 Oct 2015 - Emily Green

  3. County should preserve in-person visitation

    In a time when prison reform looks to be gaining momentum in Oregon and around the country, Multnomah County, one of the nation’s most liberal counties, is headed in the wrong direction. As reported by Street Roots earlier this month (“Captive consumers,” ...

    23 Jan 2015 - SR editorial board

  4. Captive consumers: Corporations reap big profits on inmate finances, video visitations in Multnomah County

    There’s big money to be made in our jails and prisons. Just ask Securus Technologies, Inc. In 2013, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) signed a four-year contract with the Texas-based prison-industry giant, allowing it and two other out-of-state ...

    6 Jan 2015 - Emily Green

  5. ICE case reveals complexities in local policies

    The knocks came early. At around 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, Daniel Hernandez Garcia and his girlfriend of five years, Josefina Aguiniga, answered the door of their Southeast Portland home to find two officers. “They told me they were police officers and they w ...

    4 Mar 2014 - Nathan Gilles

  6. Hold on, ICE

    Activists continue to find fault with sheriff’s cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Miguel Hernández, not his real name, really wanted a drink and a night out. What he got was a detention from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...

    21 Oct 2013 - Nathan Gilles

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