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Prison ConditionsDying Inside: Elderly in Prison 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
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Al Jazeera
More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals 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 i... 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 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 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.
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Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail 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 "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 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
DEQ Fines ODOC DEQ Issues $4,675 Penalty to the Oregon Department of Corrections. (Oregon Department of Environmental Quality)
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OSP on Lockdown A brawl last night between nearly a dozen inmates prompted a lockdown last night at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.- The Oregonian
Women Accuse Prison Workers of Sexual Assault Five women sue Oregon, claiming they were sexually abused at Coffee Creek prison (The Oregonian)
Five women sue Oregon, claiming they were sexually abused at Coffee Creek prison
Two Meals Not Always Square-NY Times Editorial With budgets tight, states and local governments have been looking at prisons ? and prison food ? as a place to save money.
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Youth in Adult Prisons and Jails are at Greatest Risk for Sexual Assault The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) reported on its investigation of the status of youth in adult jails and prisons as part of a nationwide examination of sexual assault in the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
Report on Prison Rape Finds that Youth in Adult Prisons and Jails are at Greatest Risk for Sexual Assault The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) reported on its i
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