Justice reinvestment programs help keep people out of prison, so why are legislators starving the funds? Carole Hinojosa didn’t expect a second chance. She grew up in a drug house in deep Southeast Portland in the 1970s, where, she says, she began her lo ...
19 Mar 2015 - Emily Green
More than 4,000 people leave Oregon state prisons each year, and many more are released from county jails. This population suffers from disproportionately high rates of untreated infectious and chronic disease, mental health disorders and substance abuse ...
28 Jan 2014 - Gina Anzaldúa