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  1. Opinion | In Oregon, prisoners learn violence, not rehabilitation

    Even nonviolent offenders accept the culture for the sake of their survival, a state prisoner explains Basim Floro is imprisoned at Oregon State Penitentiary. This article is an excerpt from a book he’s writing about his incarceration at Oregon state corr ...

    12 May 2021 - Basim Floro

  2. Opinion | Solitary confinement ‘was like being in a zoo’

    ‘I understood what it felt like to be broken,’ recounts a prisoner at Oregon State Penitentiary Just think if you had a loved one behind bars, would you want that loved one treated with respect? You would not want that person treated like an object. Peopl ...

    14 Apr 2021 - Basim Floro

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