The first state law of its kind, the new policy is intended to minimize the trauma children experience when a parent is incarcerated Gov. Kate Brown signed a “bill of rights” for the children of parents serving prison sentences into law on Tuesday, Sept. ...
22 Sep 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
'This is a lonely place,' Shane Staggs writes from his one-man cell at Oregon State Penitentiary Shane Staggs wrote about his experience in solitary confinement for Street Roots while he was sitting in the Disciplinary Segregation Unit at Oregon ...
30 Aug 2017 - Emily Green
Prisoners say staffers at Oregon State Penitentiary are abusing the system and overusing solitary confinement Solitary confinement in Oregon’s prison system is “overused, overly long and characterized by isolating conditions.” That’s the conclusion of the ...
25 Aug 2017 - Emily Green
Corrections officials are weighing recommended changes but face barriers Two years ago, Oregon Department of Corrections partnered with the Vera Institute of Justice to examine its use of solitary confinement, or segregated housing, throughout its 14 stat ...
25 Aug 2017 - Emily Green
Complex administrative rules and changes to federal laws often leave inmates feeling helpless The 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act greatly limited a prisoner’s ability to use the legal system. It was intended to limit frivolous lawsuits, as prisoner cou ...
25 Aug 2017 - Emily Green
'They are human beings' who have seen the dark side David Slader first laid his hands on a painting signed “B. Pat” inside a decommissioned jail, located in the cellar of Coquille’s old city hall building. The clown-like face painted with crus ...
30 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
Part II — With a statewide prison population of nearly 15,000 inmates, education programs are few and far between This is Part II of a two-part report looking inside Oregon's prison workforce. Part I explores whether prison jobs exploit inmates ...
5 Jan 2017 - Corinne Ellis
PART I — Inmates' cheap labor is necessary to keep prisons operating – and sometimes the work benefits the prisoners, too This is Part I of a two-part report looking inside Oregon's prison workforce. Part II explores education and training progr ...
5 Jan 2017 - Emily Green
Loneliness in prison gave me time to focus on my drawings. And I began to enjoy the rewards. My name is Phillip Wilson. I was born in 1966 to Betsy Ross. My mother was also a famous wrestler in the '50s. Her stage name was also Betsy Ross, taking aft ...
7 Jun 2016 - Phillip Wilson
Sonja Skvarla, founder of A Social Ignition, uses the language of business to help people invest in themselves, even when no one else will Joshua Wright has a plan to help people, specifically young adults. His business plan is to create a mixed martial a ...
10 Dec 2015 - Joanne Zuhl