Prison Programs

Interim Prisons Chief Named

January 3, 2012
Mitch Morrow, who has been with the Department of Corrections since 1983, took over as the interim director of Oregon's prison system on Jan. 1st (Statesman Journal).

 

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

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.

Oregon's 2011 Legislative Session Wrap-Up

September 19, 2011
In early 2011 we participated in the Legislation Sessions. We had VICTORY'S : HB 2707, ODSVS, HEAL Oregon help maintain funding for Addiction Treatment, and HB 2650: Addiction & Mental Health Workers w/Conviction histories return to work

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.

Drug War / 2011 Legislative Session Wrap-Up

September 12, 2011
In this issue we report on the 2011 Legislative Session & the changing political landscape around public safety & criminal justice issues in OR. There's an overview of our Measure 11 and youth report, an exploration of the failed war on drugs and a story on collaborating to create safety.

In this issue:

Former Inmates Trained to Start Businesses

June 7, 2011
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon-- A course called Lifelong Information For Entrepreneurs, or LIFE, is providing women inmates the skills to start their own small businesses after they are released (NPR).

Female Prison Inmates Trained To Start Businesses

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

PSU research shows Oregonians are flexible on doling out justice

May 2, 2011
New research shows Oregonians are flexible about achieving justice. Nine out of 10 Oregonians surveyed last summer favor options ranging from letting prisoners out early for good behavior to reducing sentences for certain crimes. (Oregonian)

Lawmakers All Locked Up Over Prison Spending

April 25, 2011
"It makes no sense to spend more money sending more nonviolent people to prison," writes the Oregonian Editorial Board (Oregonian).

 

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