Prison Program

Basic Facts About Prison and Oregon - 2009

February 19, 2009
Basic Facts About Prison and Oregon - 2009
Number of Prisons 14 Prisons – The

Resetting the Government

July 23, 2010
In June, the Governor released his Reset Report. The Public Safety section of the reset report is important because it includes many recommendations PSJ believes could improve public safety and decrease criminal justice system costs.

 

BP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents Struggle

July 23, 2010
In the first few days after BP's Deepwater Horizon wellhead exploded, spewing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, cleanup workers could be seen on Louisiana beaches wearing scarlet pants and white t-shirts with the words "Inmate Labor" printed in large red block letters. (The Nation)

BP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents Struggle

Is This the End of the War on Crime?

July 20, 2010
For decades, progressive policy analysts and criminal justice reformers such as Jones have argued that state and federal antidrug and, more generally, "tough on crime" incarceration strategies were counterproductive...(The Nation)

Is this the end of the war on crime?

Receive web updates from PSJ

July 13, 2010
Stay current on criminal justice and public safety news, and PSJ's activities. Setting up a RSS feed is easy and will keep you updated on any new content we post to our website.

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Guest Viewpoint: Groups that aid criminal offenders help keep us all safer

July 12, 2010
Paul Solomon, PSJ's board chairman and Sponsors' asst. executive director, and Ron Chase, Sponsors' executive director, respond to tough-on-crime advocate Josh Marquis' claims that Oregon needs mandatory minimum sentences.

Guest Viewpoint: Groups that aid criminal offenders help keep us all safer

Classrooms or Prison Cells?

July 8, 2010
State spending on prisons has been growing and eating away at other priorities, like higher education. Now that’s beginning to change. (Newsweek)

Classrooms or Prison Cells?

by Pat Wingert, Newsweek, June 28, 2010

Police and the mentally ill: Training cops is good but only a start

July 8, 2010
In fact the problem of dealing with the mentally ill is not a police problem. It's a community problem that goes far beyond any police force. (The Oregonian)

Police and the mentally ill: Training cops is good but only a start

Measure 11 Information Center

July 1, 2010
Passed by voters in 1994, Measure 11 places mandatory minimum sentences on more than twenty crimes and is responsible for doubling Oregon's prison population. Visit our Measure 11 Information Center to learn more about its history and impact on Oregon.

Want to learn more about Oregon's Measure 11?

What do the most recent state budget cuts mean for public safety?

June 30, 2010
PSJ Executive Director David Rogers responds to the state's proposed budget cuts and Governor Kulongoski's Public Safety Reset Subcommittee recommendations.
What do the most recent state budget cuts mean for public safety?
 
by David Rogers, PSJ Executive Direc
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