A new report shows the program is working, but politics and money woes threaten to undercut its progress Since July 2014, Multnomah County has sent more than 600 offenders, who in the past would have likely gone to prison, into an intensive probation prog ...
15 Dec 2016 - Emily Green
Advocates and inmates' families want changes to disciplinary and transfer policies and the way they're applied to people of color Local civil rights groups are asking Oregon Department of Corrections for increased transparency and an audit of di ...
20 Oct 2016 - Emily Green
The criminalization of improper border crossings costs taxpayers billions but does little to stifle the flow of illegal immigrants In April, members of the immigrant advocacy group Enlace rallied on the doorsteps of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden’s Portland office. ...
21 Jul 2016 - Emily Green
Multnomah County’s incarceration rate is less than half the national average, but disparities remain When Rod Underhill attached his name to new group aimed at putting fewer people behind bars, he made a symbolic statement more prudent district attorneys ...
19 Nov 2015 - Emily Green
Gov. Kate Brown signed House Bill 3400 Tuesday, adding a long list of new provisions and amendments to ballot Measure 91. However, missing from this extensive, 111-page document, or any other bill that’s been signed into law to date, is a provision to re ...
6 Jul 2015 - Emily Green