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Prison ConditionsOfficials 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.
Oregon Department of Corrections
The Oregon DOC web site contains statistics o
ACLU Know Your Rights Fact Sheets
The American Civil Liberties Union has created several fact
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
OR DOC and JDI Partner to Stop Rape in Prison The Oregon Department of Corrections and Just Detention International (JDI -formerly Stop Prisoner Rape) have entered into a partnership to develop policies and practices, educational materials and trainings with the goal of stopping rape and sexual abuse in Oregon?s prisons.
The Oregon Department of Corrections and Just Detention International (JDI -formerly Stop Prisoner Rape) have entered into a partnership to develop poli
Prison Rape Elimination Act: Eliminating Sexual Violence in Oregon?s Correcti... Sexual violence in U.S. correctional institutions is a growing concern among legislators, corrections officials, and mental health and victim service providers.
Article by Kerry Naughton
Yoga Behind Bars: An Interview with Living Yoga Living Yoga brings the practice of yoga into prisons, treatment centers, shelters for women surviving domestic violence, and resource centers supporting the homeless in transition.
Volunteers make some amazing things happen behind prison walls.
Feds Create New Political Prisons Communications Management Units (CMUs), called ?Little Guantanamos? by the people incarcerated in them, were created by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in 2006 to restrict prisoners? ability to communicate with the outside world.
Communications Management Units (CMUs), called “Little Guantanamos” by the people incarcerated in them, were created by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in 2006 to restrict prisoners
Jailing Juveniles: The Dangers of Incarceration Youth in Adult Jails in America
Campaign for Youth Justice research document:
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