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  1. Opinion | Mass Supervision: massive problem or opportunity?

    Transforming Justice | Parole and probation, once thought a solution to mass incarceration, increased drastically since the 1980s. A new movement seeks to make it more equitable. Hope, racial equity and success are some of the values we want at the core o ...

    19 Jul 2023 - Babak Zolfaghar... and Shannon Wight

  2. Opinion | Incarceration should not be a default solution to crime

    Transforming Justice | Compared to other nations, the United States sends more people to prisons, spends more tax dollars on prisons. Why? Few pop culture quips are more memorable than 1970s TV detective Tony Baretta’s “Don't do the crime if you can& ...

    16 Mar 2023 - Andy Ko and Babak Zolfaghar...

  3. Opinion | Wearing my heart on my t-shirt

    Transforming Justice | Harm reduction practices and implementation take time and Oregonians are walking in the right direction I have a T-shirt that I like to wear grocery shopping. Even though it is one of my favorite shirts, I usually don’t put it on un ...

    30 Nov 2022 - Andy Ko

  4. OPINION | Investments in community needed, not cops

    TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Addressing crime requires innovative solutions and new investment Violent crime rates are up. All of us have seen it in the news, and some of us have seen it in our lives. Pundits and policymakers are jumping to conclusions about ho ...

    24 Nov 2021 - Shannon Wight

  5. Opinion | Oregon legislation that will transform justice

    TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Members of the coalition that created House Bill 2002 explain why the system must change Oregon’s public safety and criminal justice systems have worked for some, but they haven’t worked for all of us. These are systems built within ...

    13 Apr 2021 - Shannon Wight

  6. Opinion | Crime survivors of color often lack opportunities to heal

    TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Partnership for Safety and Justice talks with Latino Network’s Alejandra Galindo about listening to survivors’ stories W hat do crime survivors of color need in the aftermath of trauma? While decades of research have informed servic ...

    10 Feb 2021 - Amy Davidson

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