Prison Expansion/Construction

U.S. Correctional Population Declined for Second Consecutive Year

January 3, 2012
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has good news moving into the new year - they recently reported that the number of offenders under adult correctional supervision in the U.S. declined 1.3 percent in 2010.

Some "Smart on Crime" Reforms that are Working

December 7, 2011
Necessitated by harsh economic times and encouraged by declines in crime rates, a number of states have made significant strides in reducing the number of people in prisons and jails and cutting spending while maintaining public safety.

Article by Denise Welch

A Country of Inmates

November 29, 2011
Although the United States indisputably leads in the world in incarceration, with almost one in every 100 Americans behind bars, the issue hasn't been on the agenda of the impending national election (The New York Times).

Max Williams leaving Oregon Corrections Department

November 16, 2011
Max Williams will resign as director of the state prison system at the end of the year to become president of the Oregon Community Foundation, the state’s largest foundation.

A new approach to fighting crime

October 22, 2011
The Medford Mail Tribune editorial board says Oregon should pay attention to Texas and spend more on substance abuse and mental health treatment, beef up parole and probation supervision and spend less on prisons — a lot less.

PSJ's Youth Justice Report - Misguided Measures

September 19, 2011
Giving a voice to those youth who are sent to adult jails or prisons to await trial or carry out there sentences when they are not adults. Misguided Measures represents the impact that Measure 11 has on Oregon's Youth.

In Prison Reform, Money Trumps Civil Rights

May 16, 2011
Michelle Alexander talks about how current budget deficits are motivating the political shifts that thirty years of civil rights litigation and advocacy have failed to do: implementing reforms to stem out-of-control prison growth, the result of the failed war on drugs. (NY Times)

In Prison Reform, Money Trumps Civil Rights

By Michelle Alexander, NY Times

Maintenance continues at closed state prison Officials envision reopening facility for female offenders

March 24, 2011
Keeping a shuttered state prison in condition to reopen someday provides plenty of work for a small crew of Oregon corrections employees and inmate laborers. (Statesman Journal)

Maintenance continues at closed state prison

Seeing Measure 73 for What It is

September 9, 2010
David Rogers explores the raw and ugly politics of Measure 73, yet another Kevin Mannix mandatory minimum sentencing ballot measure, this one combining two completely different issues in an thinly-disguised effort to garner a political win with its emotionally provocative ballot title.

Article by David Rogers

Just Who is Kevin Mannix, Anyway?

September 9, 2010
Oregon voters face yet another Kevin Mannix ballot measure this Nov. By now, many of us have grown tired of his use and abuse of the ballot measure process; but, we also realize that many people have less of a sense of Kevin Mannix’s political history. So we decided to provide a brief overview.

This fall Oregon voters face yet another Kevin Mannix-sponsored ballot measure. By now, many of us have grown tired of his use and abuse of the ballot measure process.

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