Incarceration is not health care; police are not physicians By Gustav Cappaert, Contributing Writer In May 2010, someone called the Portland police to report a man talking to himself and spitting on cars in Old Town. When a police officer arrived, he foun ...
23 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Local enforcement of fed’s immigration law weakens public safety by Cassandra Villanueva, Contributing Columnist A hairline crack in the windshield of my sister’s car turned our family’s world upside down in 2010. On their way home from the store to celeb ...
24 Oct 2012 - Street Roots
Partnership for Safety and Justice: Oregonians with felonies — you can vote! (and why you should) By Denise Welch, Contributing Columnist There has been a lot of national news coverage lately about attempts to change voting laws in a number of states. Man ...
25 Sep 2012 - Street Roots
PSJ Column: Momentum building for public safety reform in Oregon By Naivasha Dean, Contributing Columnist With about eight months to go until our next legislative session, Oregonians can feel the vice-grip of our multi-billion dollar deficit tightening. W ...
19 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
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12 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Measure 11’s devastating effect on Oregon’s next generation By Imran Ahmad, Contributing Writer The passions raised at the mere mention of Measure 11 are well known to most Oregonians. Yet it is surprising how little is actually known about the law, parti ...
12 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
Shackled by old laws, Oregon’s budget is locked in its prisons By David Rogers, Contributing Columnist Two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California must drastically reduce its prison population to address overcrowding. With a system capacit ...
17 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Measure 11’s failing scorecard fans sparks of reform By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Last month, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission released an in-depth and critical study of Oregon’s mandatory minimum sentencing law, Measure 11. The Justice Commiss ...
26 Apr 2011 - Street Roots