Street Roots asked the new head of Portland Police Bureau about police oversight, protest response, gun violence and more Portland’s new chief of police has had no shortage of media attention. Following the police killing of George Floyd, protests calling ...
15 Aug 2020 - Street Roots Staff
Top Oregon Democrats refused to send the recommendation to the floor for a vote. The governor may still have executive authority to move forward with closures. Many prison reform activists wonder if Oregon lawmakers care more about preserving jobs than sa ...
14 Aug 2020 - Tom Henderson
Some see opportunities for local police reform as protests and perseverance open doors to court battles and police bureau budget cuts Historic uprisings are sweeping the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. While prote ...
10 Jun 2020 - Donovan Scribes
The number of prisoners in quarantine outnumbers tests conducted 6 to 1 On April 23, a prisoner at Oregon State Penitentiary named Michael Kell published an article on Propeller claiming workers were directed to remove biohazard labels from laundry bags c ...
29 Apr 2020 - Chris May
Prison reform advocates see an opportunity to rethink who needs to be incarcerated Approximately 3,500 people have been released from California prisons in response to the coronavirus pandemic. If COVID-19 poses a greater threat to public safety than the ...
27 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
The congresswoman's People’s Justice Guarantee calls for decriminalizing poverty and homelessness Ayanna Pressley remembers running for reelection to the Boston City Council in 2011 when a constituent asked her what she was going to do about the home ...
29 Nov 2019 - Adam Sennott
A compassionate approach to first response is popular, and we need that compassion to spill over to more areas The Portland Street Response pilot is a reality. This is a big opportunity, Portland. Now, let us take this will toward compassion, and extend i ...
22 Nov 2019 - Kaia Sand
The author of ‘The End of Policing’ says the job has become too broad: Police shouldn’t have to deal with social issues such as racism, homelessness and mental health crises Police brutality and oppression aren’t a new concept in the world of social justi ...
18 Oct 2019 - Casey Miller
With its rampant conflicts of interest, the immigration court system is not consistent with American democracy, says Judge Ashley Tabaddor, president of the judges’ union Americans have been inundated with images and stories of migrant children separated ...
6 Sep 2019 - Helen Hill
While Clackamas County Community Court rolls out a new program, Multnomah County’s counterpart goes through the motions Kalea Fischer of Sandy went to Clackamas County Community Court a week ahead of her scheduled appearance to ask the judge for an extens ...
2 Aug 2019 - Emily Green