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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On April 12, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and nearly 50 other
protestors and civil rights leaders were arrested after leading a Good Friday
demonstration as part of the Birmingham Campaign, designed to bring national
attention to the brutal, racist treatment suffered b...
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Ray Fox was released from Oregon’s prison system after serving 30 years.
Reports from friends still serving time differ from the Oregon Department
of Corrections' (ODOC) claim that it is following CDC guidelines concerning
COVID-19. Adults in custody (AIC) report that ...
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The most important criminal justice race in the November election was the
race for District Attorney of Los Angeles County, the nation’s largest
local prosecutorial district. Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles helped defeat
incumbent Jackie Lacey and elect progressive candidat...
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As wildfires raged across Oregon, about 2,600 prisoners were evacuated from
four prisons. Prisoners and family members reported conditions during the
evacuations as unsafe, unsanitary and alarming; some called them
‘inhumane’. Host Karen James speaks with Oregon attorneys T...
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