PSJ In The News

Partnership for Safety and Justice is frequently quoted in the media as an expert resource on a range of criminal justice reform issues. Additionally, letters to the editor and guest columns written by PSJ members are regularly published in Oregon newspapers. Follow the links below to read (and listen to) PSJ in the News:

Headline Date
Coalition grades Legislature on addressing racial disparity January 15, 2012
Report on race coincides with MLK Day January 15, 2012
Oregon House, Senate get low grades in report on racial equity bills January 15, 2012
PSJ Victory! Youth Out of Adult Prison December 16, 2011
Domestic Violence Advocate Says Public Safety System Out of Balance December 8, 2011
Group Seeks Testimony on Juveniles Held at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility November 29, 2011
Blue-Ribbon Panel To Take On Corrections Costs September 25, 2011
Some minor issues for the sentencing commission August 14, 2011
Report Says Black Youths Disproportionately Affected By Measure 11 August 10, 2011
Report: Measure 11 disproportionately pushes black youths into adult criminal system August 10, 2011
Group Claims Measure 11 Has Not Measured Up For Oregon Youth Justice July 21, 2011
M. 11 and Juveniles: Report Finds Flaws July 21, 2011
Report questions Measure 11 worth July 21, 2011
Report: Measure 11 Hasn’t “Measured Up” for OR Youth Justice July 21, 2011
Crime Victims Urge: Services Not Sentences July 10, 2011
Oregon taxpayers will spend $1.3 billion on prisons -- and it won't be enough July 6, 2011
Kids in the Big House: Oregon Finally Changes Law That Puts Teens in Adult Jails May 26, 2011
Bill keeps kids out of adult jail May 11, 2011
Bill shifts teens from adult jails May 10, 2011
OR Senate: Keep Kids Out of Adult Jails May 10, 2011
Senate passes bill to keep accused youths out of adult jails May 10, 2011
Bill Would Move Juvenile Defendants Out of Adult Jail May 9, 2011
Bill would keep kids out of adult jails May 9, 2011
OR Praised for Prisoner Rehabilitation - as Lawmakers Ponder Cutting It April 21, 2011
Study hails Oregon's recidivism reduction even as funding cuts threaten it April 14, 2011
Time to Rethink Oregon's Mandatory Minimum Sentences March 16, 2011
Measure 11 Report Released March 14, 2011
Measure 73 "Sexting" Fix Gets Hearing March 3, 2011
When Valentine's Day is Anything But Romantic... February 14, 2011
Measure 11 criticized in report February 13, 2011