Mandatory Minimums

Parks, prison measures test voter mood on state spending

August 3, 2010
Oregonians can expect to see another Mannix initiative on the ballot, Measure 73, which expands the mandatory minimum sentencing laws in Oregon. (Oregonian)

Rural sheriffs dealing with new problem: more women in jail

August 2, 2010
Meth and Measure 11 have led to a dramatic increase in women held in Oregon jails. Lack of education, transportation and drug treatment facilities have only compounded the problem in rural areas. (Oregonian)

Prison officials brace for cuts

May 27, 2010
With a half-billion dollar hole in the state budget, Gov. Kulongoski is likely to announce on June 25th, among other policy changes, that it's time to overhaul Oregon's sentencing polices, especially the mandatory-minimum prison terms required by Measure 11. (Register Guard)

Oregon’s corrections chief says he can’t slash spending by $51 million without compromising safety

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    • 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

    2010 Legislative Wrap-Up

    April 23, 2010
    We knew the 2010 February legislative session would present some serious challenges—challenges that were being shaped as 2009’s legislative session wound down. Our work during the session focused almost exclusively on preventing repeal of the earned time provision of the 2009 Safety and Savings Act.

    Article by Shannon Wight 

    Looking Back, Moving Forward (JM-Spring 2010)

    April 23, 2010
    This issue we are Looking Back at where we've been as an organization and exploring the road ahead as we are Moving Forward.

    In this issue:

    15 Years of Measure 11 No Cause for Celebration

    April 18, 2010
    Last week was the anniversary of Measure 11, but not everyone saw it as cause for celebration. There was a nationwide drop in the number of people in state prisons for the first time in almost 40 years, with a decrease in the incarceration rate seen in 27 states - but Oregon was not one of them.

    April 19, 2010

    15 Years of Measure 11 No Cause for Celebration

    Legislators start special session

    February 1, 2010
    Oregon lawmakers opened their election-year session this morning...One of the issues that will come before the lawmakers is an attempt by law enforcement leaders to repeal a controversial law designed to prune prison costs by shaving time off the sentences of thousands of state prison inmates.

    OR Corrections Spending Ranks Second in Nation

    January 28, 2010
    A national report says the Oregon Legislature allocates almost double the average percentage of general fund dollars to corrections. While the national average for prison spending is seven percent of a state’s general fund, Oregon’s spending is almost 13 percent. PSJ responds.

    January 28, 2010

    OR Corrections Spending Ranks Second in Nation

    Report: Oregon prison spending No. 2 in nation

    January 27, 2010
    Oregon is “spending wildly” on keeping people in prison, according to critics of the state’s current rate of prison spending. They are reacting to a new report that ranks Oregon’s investment in prisons higher than almost every other state.

    Report: Oregon prison spending No. 2 in nation

    Posted: Jan 27, 2010 11:21 PM

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