Episode 2: Former prisoners discuss how absence of touch and rules against intimacy affected them while they were incarcerated, and an expert explains the science behind touch starvation Walled In is a podcast co-produced by Street Roots and The Exiled ...
10 Jul 2021 - Emily Green and Joshua Wright
Deprivation of positive physical contact can result in depression and aggressive behavior, explains the founder of the Touch Research Institute As people worldwide isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic, many got a taste of how going without human touch fo ...
7 Jul 2021 - Emily Green
Flip the Script, a culturally specific program in Portland, puts formerly incarcerated Oregonians in front of state lawmakers W hen Patrick Alexander was released from prison, eager to course-correct his life, he had one question for his parole officer: “ ...
2 Jun 2021 - B. Toastie
The pandemic resulted in a devastating pause to trauma-responsive treatment for women. The Senate has passed a bill that could prevent it from happening again. W hen Oregon prisons closed to all visitors in an attempt to keep COVID-19 out last spring, one ...
12 May 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
Alex Doran works directly with female prisoners at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility despite serious allegations D espite facing felony charges for domestic violence, the Oregon Department of Corrections has allowed Alex Doran to keep his job as a correc ...
24 Mar 2021 - Emily Green
With more than 3,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus among its prisoners, the Oregon Department of Corrections has faced criticism for its handling of the pandemic Chronicled in this special report are the 42 prisoners who, as of press time, had died of CO ...
10 Mar 2021 - Chris May and Emily Green
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
The jailhouse lawyer, who litigated his own case against the Department of Corrections while he was in solitary confinement, died from COVID-19 on his 68th birthday Brian McCarvill, 68 Died Sept. 27, 2020 Snake River Correctional Institution Release date: ...
10 Mar 2021 - MG Belka