Karen James speaks with Amy Davidson, Partnership for Safety and Justice
Crime Survivor Program; and Alexxis Robinson Woods, executive director of
Call to Safety, Portland's domestic and sexual violence crisis line. They
discuss what crime survivors of color need after exp...
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National Day of Empathy is an opportunity to uplift and amplify voices of
people impacted by the criminal legal system. Oregon’s Day of Empathy is at
noon, Tues, March 2nd. Oregon’s virtual event will include women directly
impacted by our criminal legal system who will di...
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Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, Policy Director with Oregon Justice
Resource Center, an organization that promotes civil rights and improves
legal representation for underserved communities. Zach Winston discusses
OJRC’s priorities for the 2021 Oregon legislative ses...
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Karen James speaks with Malori Maloney, Minister of Information, with the
Washington County Justice Initiative (WCJI). WCJI was formed in 2020 by
public defense providers to advocate ending racial, economic, and systemic
violence in the Washington County criminal legal sys...
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Karen James speaks with Liz Reetz, a public interest law fellow with
Disability Rights Oregon, who just released her new report “Grave
Consequences: How the Criminalization of Disability Leads to Deaths in
Jail”. The report revealed that most of the people who died in Oreg...
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Karen James speaks with Liz Reetz, a public interest law fellow with
Disability Rights Oregon, who just released her new report “Grave
Consequences: How the Criminalization of Disability Leads to Deaths in
Jail”. The report revealed that most of the people who died in Oreg...
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Karen James speaks with Liz Reetz, a public interest law fellow with
Disability Rights Oregon, who just released her new report “Grave
Consequences: How the Criminalization of Disability Leads to Deaths in
Jail”. The report revealed that most of the people who died in Oreg...
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In the 2021 Oregon Legislative session, criminal justice reform and police
accountability are top of mind for many legislators.
To learn more, KBOO's Karen James speaks with Senator Lew Frederick who
represents North & Northeast Portland in the Oregon Legislature. Senato...
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Panel discussion by five Portland area nonprofits working in the area of
criminal justice reform. This virtual program titled Working for Change: a
Panel of Local Advocates for Justice and Equality was held on January 23,
2021. This was one in a series of programs by the Be...
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Karen James speaks with Tom Stenson, Disability Rights Oregon Deputy Legal
Director, about his new report “Four Years Later: Oregon Prison Overhauls
Treatment of Inmates with Serious Mental Illness”. Disability Rights
Oregon’s previous report “Behind the 11th Door” reveale...
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