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  1. Opening 2nd women's prison in Oregon would reverse progress

    COMMENTARY | Prosecutors, legislators have power to choose how to better spend $10M on women convicted of crime At the end of September, the Emergency Board of the Oregon State Legislature will consider a request from the Department of Corrections for nea ...

    18 Aug 2016 - Shannon Wight

  2. Editorial: Family Preservation Project restoration an act of justice

    What saved this program was less about budgeting and more about tapping the power of transformation It was the little things that meant so much, Nova Sweet recalls. All the little things mothers who aren’t in prison take for granted. “They would let me ha ...

    6 Aug 2015 - SR editorial board

  3. 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

  4. Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom goes behind bars

    Watch Brian Lindstrom’s recent films and it’s clear the importance the filmmaker places on compassion. “Finding Normal” is about recovering addicts who reach out to help others through recovery. “ Alien Boy ” explores issues of police accountability in th ...

    6 Dec 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar

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