Conversations about Oregon’s shortage are moving forward, but progress is slow It’s been six months since an Oregon Judicial Department task force quietly released a report outlining troubling shortfalls in the state’s placement and treatment of children ...
14 Jul 2016 - Emily Green
What do monetary sanctions look like here? As the financial burdens placed on those who come into contact with the American criminal justice system draw increasing criticism – and the attention of the Obama administration – we wondered: What do these mone ...
7 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
In 1891, George Breckonridge was the first juvenile to be placed into custody at the reform school for boys in Woodburn, Ore. His crime was stealing a newspaper off his neighbor’s porch. Fast-forward 124 years, and the population within the walls of what ...
10 Jan 2015 - Emily Green