Prison Pipeline

On this week's edition of Prison Pipeline, we speak with Dr. Taryn

VanderPyl, co-founder of CREW (Connecting Resources to Empower Women), about

Con Art, a new initiative created by incarcerated women at Coffee Creek

Correctional Facility to support women preparing to re...

We remember James Chasse with voices from the film Alien Boy: the Life and

Death of James Chasse.

James Chasse’s lifelong battle with schizophrenia tragically ended in 2006

when he was brutally killed by Portland police officers after they deemed

James’ behavior “susp...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Mental Health and the Juvenile Criminal

Legal System.

The US Commission on Civil Rights held a hearing June 12 entitled “Mental

Health in Juvenile Justice Facilities: Civil Rights Implications, Access, and

Racial Disparities.” The Com...

This Monday Prison Pipeline is examining one of the least discussed

challenges facing people returning home from prison: accessing health care

after incarceration. While reentry is often framed around housing and

employment, navigating the medical system can be just as d...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline, airing Monday, June 22nd at 6:30 p.m. on

KBOO Community Radio, we speak with wrongful conviction advocate and

podcaster Sarah DeArmond about the case of Frederico Lowe-Bey, a Missouri man

who has spent nearly four decades behind bars w...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline, airing Monday, June 15th at 6:30 p.m. on

KBOO Community Radio, we speak with Nazgol Ghandnoosh of The Sentencing

Project about a new report examining how criminal records contribute to

longer prison sentences and deepen racial inequiti...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline, airing Monday, June 15th at 6:30 p.m. on

KBOO Community Radio, we speak with Nazgol Ghandnoosh of The Sentencing

Project about a new report examining how criminal records contribute to

longer prison sentences and deepen racial inequiti...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Hepatitis C in Jails.

Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Lin Zhu, MBBS, PhD. Doctor Zhu

is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Services Research and

Policy, and Co-Director of Public Health Roundtables in the Depa...

Oregon filmmaker Brian Lindstrom directed award winning documentaries such as

Alien Boy: the Life and Death of James Chasse, Mothering Inside and other

films that featured forgotten people who triumphed over adversity. Brian died

on May 15th after a recent diagnosis of a...

Adam Carpinelli interviews Brandon Brown with the Restorative Roots

Project.  One of their goals during this time is to redefine what it

means to be a community restorative justice organization and create

streamlined referral pathways and services with their partners and...