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Greater transparency sought from Oregon Department of Corrections

Advocates and inmates' families want changes to disciplinary and transfer policies and the way they're applied to people of color Local civil rights groups are asking Oregon Department of Corrections for increased transparency and an audit of di ...

20 Oct 2016 - Emily Green
Stronger families make safer communities

Oregon looks to model Washington's Family Offender Sentencing Alternative to allow certain parents to serve sentences in community supervision rather than prison Oregon has recently committed to an exciting new path to improve its public safety syste ...

27 Mar 2015 - Shannon Wight and Elizabeth Hilliard
Inmates need Coffee Creek's Family Preservation Program

Parenting program for mothers in the correctional facility should be expanded, not cancelled The Family Preservation Project is a parenting program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville. The program is a partnership between Portland Communi ...

27 Feb 2015 - Israel Bayer
From strong women come strong families, strong Oregon

Women are the fastest growing inmate population in Oregon. Locking up women brings a unique set of issues to our families and our communities. A system built on an assumption that a one-size-fits-all approach works for everyone has clearly failed, most no ...

12 Aug 2014 - Jennifer Williamson
Health reform long overdue for people leaving prison

More than 4,000 people leave Oregon state prisons each year, and many more are released from county jails. This population suffers from disproportionately high rates of untreated infectious and chronic disease, mental health disorders and substance abuse ...

28 Jan 2014 - Gina Anzaldúa
Better solutions are on the front end, not the back

When discussing re-entry barriers with a formerly incarcerated person a few years ago, I was struck by the need for Oregon to grapple with a rhetorical question the young man was posing. “When will we actually put corrections in the Department of Correcti ...

8 Oct 2013 - David Rogers
Do prisons make us safer? The numbers suggest not

While other states reduce incarceration and crime, Oregon is on track to spend $600M on new prison space By Denise Welch and Sonny Lerma, Contributing Columnists This year, Oregon’s Legislature will examine whether to pass reforms that reduce our reliance ...

26 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Lawmakers have opportunity to flatline prison growth

By David Rogers, Contributing Columnist On Nov. 30, Gov. John Kitzhaber released his proposed budget for 2013-15. The budget included no money for prison expansion — despite the fact that the state projects it will need more than 2,000 new prison beds at ...

23 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Shackled by old laws, Oregon’s budget is locked in its prisons

Shackled by old laws, Oregon’s budget is locked in its prisons By David Rogers, Contributing Columnist Two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California must drastically reduce its prison population to address overcrowding. With a system capacit ...

17 Jun 2011 - Street Roots