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Sara Kruzan, imprisoned for killing her sex trafficker, is free and fighting back

Sentenced as a teen to life without parole – ‘a living death sentence’ – she tells street papers she’s ashamed of how America treats its children In 1995, 17-year-old Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of George Howa ...

21 Jun 2019 - Tony Inglis
Trying youths as adults: Taking aim at Measure 11

Teens do better outside of detention, says attorney DeAnna Horne, who will participate in a panel exploring the policy's impact on youths, as well as reform efforts led by state lawmakers Oregon’s practice of automatically trying 15-, 16- and 17-year ...

31 Aug 2018 - Emily Green
Report blasts Measure 11's 'harsh sentences' for Oregon youths

The state has the nation’s second-highest rate of sending youths to adult court, according to the report by the Oregon Council on Civil Rights Oregon incarcerates youths at a higher rate than almost any other state in the U.S., according to a new report f ...

2 Feb 2018 - Emily Green
The ‘heart-wrenching’ youth detention conditions in The Dalles

Disability Rights Oregon’s Sarah Radcliffe talks about her new report about juvenile incarceration at NORCOR Kids disciplined for leaving an orange pip on the floor, falling asleep, using a tissue as a bookmark or “being needy.” Kids locked up for more th ...

15 Dec 2017 - Thacher Schmid
Victims, survivors can teach us justice, in all its diversity

COMMENTARY | For too long, the voices of victims and survivors have been overlooked by the criminal justice system A few years ago, I worked with kids from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. I was invited to a summer training to lead activities designed ...

27 Apr 2017 - Amy Davidson
Hope Partnership unlocks a future for incarcerated youths

COMMENTARY | A conversation with Kathleen Fullerton, who's been with the program from its inception One was about betrayal. One about suicide. And another about the perils of life as a bee. The scripts-in-progress were being workshopped by a class of ...

16 Mar 2017 - Talia Gad
Partnership for Safety and Justice: Pulling the arc toward justice

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” President Obama added, “But it does not do so on its own. It does so because there are hands of ordinary people doing extraordinary things every single ...

31 Dec 2014 - PSJ Staff Members
Kids deserve better than to be denied a second chance

Regular readers of our column will know that Partnership for Safety and Justice and our members worked very hard to help shape the recommendations that the Governor’s Commission on Public Safety made to the Oregon Legislature. The result was House Bill 31 ...

16 Jun 2013 - David Rogers