COMMENTARY | Oregon legislators are considering a bill that reflects these preferences Crime survivors have a seat at the public safety table, but to ensure that criminal justice policy solutions reflect victims’ needs, advocates should always seek more w ...
19 May 2017 - Talia Gad
COMMENTARY | For too long, the voices of victims and survivors have been overlooked by the criminal justice system A few years ago, I worked with kids from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. I was invited to a summer training to lead activities designed ...
27 Apr 2017 - Amy Davidson
COMMENTARY | Instead of 2nd women's prison, Oregon can invest in other efforts to strengthen families, communities The 2017 presidential election and the uncertainty it’s caused make it imperative that we work in our homes, workplaces, neighborhoods, ...
19 Jan 2017 - Shannon Wight
COMMENTARY | Expanded incarceration disregards people’s potential, magnifies disparities When the vast majority of incarcerated women battle addiction, are victims of assault or have mental health diagnoses, criminal justice can be squarely classified as ...
22 Sep 2016 - Talia Gad
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
COMMENTARY | How can we eliminate presumption that law enforcement involves application of superior force? A wise friend of mine once gave me advice on coping with a paralyzing sense of helplessness. Gordon said, “Find a starting point that seems right to ...
21 Jul 2016 - Andy Ko
The new ACLU of Oregon director also sounds the alarm on pending ballot measures, digital privacy, criminal justice As a child, watching the “CBS Evening News” was routine for David Rogers. Each night, his family gathered around a television set in their ...
21 Jan 2016 - Emily Green
Diverse interests come together to support the state’s promising program for criminal justice reform On May 14, Oregon’s Office of Economic Analysis released its March 2015 quarterly review of the state’s economic health. (You can read the entire report, ...
25 May 2015 - Shannon Wight
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
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