Oregon among 37 states where inmates calls were recorded and leaked in data breach Securus Technologies Inc., the prison phone company giant under contract with Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, recorded and stored at least 14,000 phone calls between inm ...
12 Nov 2015 - Emily Green
There’s big money to be made in our jails and prisons. Just ask Securus Technologies, Inc. In 2013, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) signed a four-year contract with the Texas-based prison-industry giant, allowing it and two other out-of-state ...
6 Jan 2015 - Emily Green
Activists continue to find fault with sheriff’s cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Miguel Hernández, not his real name, really wanted a drink and a night out. What he got was a detention from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...
21 Oct 2013 - Nathan Gilles
How Immigration and Customs Enforcement has co-opted local law enforcement to find their targets for them By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer It was the unusual number of calls that led the Portland Human Rights Commission to check out Secure Communities. The ca ...
3 Feb 2011 - Street Roots