How many teachers would drive 425 miles across the state to visit a former student serving life in prison? Mary Frances Bowers, a petite, elegant, retired college professor with a soft voice and an air of calm assurance, has been calling, writing and visi ...
29 Oct 2015 - Victoria Lewis
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
There’s big money to be made in our jails and prisons. Just ask Securus Technologies, Inc. In 2013, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) signed a four-year contract with the Texas-based prison-industry giant, allowing it and two other out-of-state ...
6 Jan 2015 - Emily Green