Phillip Red Woman, a Northern Cheyenne tribal member and an Army veteran, died from COVID-19 while incarcerated Phyll Mendacino, 65 Died Jan. 26, 2021 Two Rivers Correctional Institution Release date: Sept. 2, 2023 (tentative parole) Read more profiles ...
10 Mar 2021 - Chris May
The ‘always upbeat’ father, husband and friend died from COVID-19 while incarcerated James Hargrave, 70 Died Jan. 20, 2021 Two Rivers Correctional Institution Release date: Life, no parole date set Read more profiles of Oregon state prisoners who died fro ...
10 Mar 2021 - Chris May
The Siletz Tribe member, who died after contracting the coronavirus in prison, advocated for his people Bernardino Garcia, 32 Died Dec. 30, 2020 Oregon State Penitentiary Release date: Nov. 7, 2022 Read more profiles of Oregon state prisoners who died f ...
10 Mar 2021 - Chris May
‘We all share the same surfaces because we are less than you, smaller spaces because we are less than you’ F rom behind prison walls, the business of COVID-19 is much like other external events. Recreational marijuana dispensaries, Donald Trump, the multi ...
10 Mar 2021 - Ga lo Vann
Katie Park, one of the journalists behind the project, talks to Street Roots about what the team has learned: ‘This really is a serious issue behind bars’ The Marshall Project has been tracking confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths within America’s state ...
10 Mar 2021 - Emily Green
Scores of COVID-19 deaths in Oregon’s prisons underscore the failures of America’s carceral system E xpendable. The word refers to something that is normally used up or consumed in service, or something that is more easily replaced than rescued, salvaged ...
10 Mar 2021 - SR editorial board
A prisoner at Oregon State Penitentiary shares his experience in isolation after being tested for the virus Reprinted with permission from All Rise magazine. I sat on the top bunk of my 8-by-10 cell. As a 62-year-old man, I suffered from heart disease, an ...
29 Nov 2020 - Jimmie Cohron
The failure to provide adequate care in correctional facilities is a symptom of an overburdened system “ I ncarceration affects health. In fact, more than half of the population in prisons and jails are at high risk for COVID-19 because many have chronic ...
11 Nov 2020 - Rupal Ramesh Shah
Prison reform advocates see an opportunity to rethink who needs to be incarcerated Approximately 3,500 people have been released from California prisons in response to the coronavirus pandemic. If COVID-19 poses a greater threat to public safety than the ...
27 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson