Prison Conditions

Dying Inside: Elderly in Prison

June 8, 2010

The US' massive prison population is getting older. Prisons across the country are dedicating entire units just to house the elderly. Al Jazeera

Dying Inside: Elderly in Prison

(Link to two part video.)

Al Jazeera

More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals

May 18, 2010

Americans with severe mental illnesses are three times more likely to be in jail or prison than in a psychiatric hospital, according to new report: "More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals: A Survey of the States". (Treatment Advocacy Center)

Severely Mentally Ill Persons More Likely to be in Jails than Hospitals,

Health officials investigate outbreak at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville

May 5, 2010

Oregon health officials are investigating a rash of illnesses that has partially closed public visiting to Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville. (The Oregonian)

Health officials investigate outbreak at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville<

Prison to adapt to mental illnesses

April 27, 2010

As community resources have dwindled, the number of people in prison with mental illness has climbed dramatically. Today, nearly half of all prisoners have a mental illness and receive minimal treatment. (Statesman Journal)

Making the Road by Walking It – Ten Years on the Road with PSJ

April 23, 2010

Take a look back with us at our first 10 years as an organization, starting with our founding as Western Prison Project in 1999, and refresh your memory about or learn about the road we've traveled to become the Partnership for Safety and Justice, an organization with a holistic vision for reform.

Article by Caylor Roling

Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail

January 18, 2010

Silence has long shrouded the men and women who die in the nation’s immigration jails. For years, they went uncounted and unnamed in the public record. (NY Times)

Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail
By NINA BERNSTEIN
New York Times

The Criminalization of Mental Illness

January 18, 2010

"IN TERMS OF INSTITUTIONS that the state runs, there are more people with major mental illness in prison and jail in Oregon than there are in mental hospitals," says Bob Joondeph, executive director of Disability Rights Oregon. (The Portland Mercury)

The Criminalization of Mental Illness

Three sentenced in Oregon prison food-buying scam

September 23, 2009

Three California businessmen were given 12-month sentences today in a bribery scheme that netted $1.2 million dollars for Oregon's former state prison food buyer and his wife. (The Oregonian)

Three sentenced in Oregon prison food-buying scam