KBOO host Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, policy director with Oregon
Justice Resource Center, about the 2022 Oregon legislative short session.
Three bills that were unsuccessful in the 2021 session have been
re-introduced this year by OJRC. Zach explains each bill an...
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Host Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, policy director with Oregon
Justice Resource Center, about the 2022 Oregon legislative short session.
Three bills that were unsuccessful in the 2021 session have been
re-introduced this year by OJRC. Zach explains each bill and its...
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Please join us on Monday, January 17th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO
Community Radio as we talk with Terry Robinson, an innocent man on death row
in North Carolina. Sentenced to death over 20 years ago, Terry Robinson is
a warm and engaging man who shares his stor...
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District Attorney candidates Spencer Todd, Marion County, and Brian Decker,
Washington County discuss their platforms as Safety & Justice Oregon
provides an overview of their “8 Steps to Justice” a practical guide for
progressive District Attorneys. This December 2021 event...
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Iron Tribe emerged from the vision of two men as they served time in Oregon
prison. Upon release from prison they fulfilled their commitment to develop
an innovative and effective transitional housing solution for others
re-entering their communities after involvement with...
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Terrell Kyreem Johnson was a 24 year old from Portland, Oregon. On May 10,
2017, he was at a MAX light rail station in SE Portland threatening people
with a utility knife. Witnesses say he was clearly demonstrating signs of
mental illness and distress. The Portland Police w...
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Join Prison Pipeline hosts Emma Lugo, Doug McVay, Karen James & Adam
Carpinelli as they discuss which bills did and did not pass during the 2021
Oregon Legislature. While HB2002, the Transforming Justice omnibus bill,
did not pass, a number of policies and funding proposal...
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Many of us are grieving the loss of our good friend Patty Katz, a well-known
part of Oregon's addiction recovery advocacy and early visionary in Oregon's
public safety reform communities. As someone in recovery, she co-founded
Hands Across the Bridge, a nonprofit that coor...
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Karen James speaks with Juan Chavez, attorney with Oregon Justice Resource
Center’s Civil Rights Project. The Oregon legislature has ended its 2021
session and while there were some disappointing defeats, legislation was
passed transforming Oregon’s criminal legal system a...
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