An examination of the state's bail system shows that it might not be achieving its goals Alice Jackson, 55, was poised to spend Christmas inside a Multnomah County jail cell following her arrest on Nov. 24. “I was real depressed when I couldn’t come ...
25 Jan 2019 - Emily Green
The practice of using police dogs to intimidate inmates is dangerous and unnecessary, Disability Rights Oregon says Oregon’s leading civil rights group for people with disabilities is calling for an end to using dogs in jails to forcibly control inmates. ...
13 Nov 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
Journalist Shane Bauer has written a book about his four months inside as a security guard There are few pretenses under which it’s considered ethical for a journalist to go undercover. Shane Bauer used Poynter’s criteria as a basis for weighing his deci ...
21 Sep 2018 - Emily Green
He'll be at Hollywood Theatre July 18 for a screening of his groundbreaking films ‘Willie’ and ‘Murderers’ After five years of correspondence, local artist Vanessa Renwick has convinced her favorite photographer to come to Portland and screen two of ...
13 Jul 2018 - Emily Green
Corrections employees named in civil rights lawsuit claiming abuse, including use of solitary confinement as retaliation Oregon Department of Corrections staff fabricated evidence and unlawfully used solitary confinement in order to punish two inmates wit ...
20 Apr 2018 - Emily Green
The Oregon county is piloting a program to give participants in jail and on probation drugs to stay clean and avoid painful withdrawal symptoms Justin Davenport, Jake Moses and Brandin Riehle are best friends, the closest friends each of them has had in t ...
5 Jan 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Disability Rights Oregon’s Sarah Radcliffe talks about her new report about juvenile incarceration at NORCOR Kids disciplined for leaving an orange pip on the floor, falling asleep, using a tissue as a bookmark or “being needy.” Kids locked up for more th ...
15 Dec 2017 - Thacher Schmid
Rising rents are pricing out service industry workers, but jobseekers coming out of prison are ready to work When Cala began serving its now-acclaimed Mexican cuisine in San Francisco two years ago, most diners didn’t know that more than half the restaura ...
24 Nov 2017 - Emily Green
A project gives former inmates an opportunity to share their re-entry experiences and the injustices they witnessed in the prison system Tyrone Rucker was 14 the first time he went to juvenile hall, before he “graduated” to prison, as he puts it. It was t ...
20 Oct 2017 - Sarah Hansell
She ‘surpasses in importance even the harshest of mistreatments and living conditions in prison,’ Enrique says Enrique is an inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary who enjoys writing, drawing, reading and learning about history, religion and places. He says ...
13 Oct 2017 - Enrique Bautista