Prison Pipeline

Please join us as we talk with author Karen Andrea Campbell, author of

Falling: Hard Lessons and the Redemption of the Woman Next Door.  Karen

Campbell is an American writer and advocate. She was convicted of a felony

for driving intoxicated, causing a fatal car crash kil...

LatinoJustice PRLDEF recently held a conference on the theme of Advancing

Criminal Justice Reform Through A 21st Century Latinx Lens. One panel

entitled Crimmigration was a discussion about the intersection between the

criminal & immigration systems and how reform advocates...

In April, Partnership for Safety and Justice, Oregon’s leading public

safety and criminal justice reform organization, discussed bills currently

before the Oregon legislature. We’ll hear excerpts from their webinar

“2021’s most transformative policies: the bills to watch an...

Please join us as we talk with members of Critical Resistance this week about

their efforts to outreach to all 14,000 people held in custody at Oregon's

state prisons.

On March 9th, Critical Resistance Portland, with the help of Willamette

Valley Abolition Project, and Sis...

Adam Carpinelli interviews attorney Hal Engle and Jihad Abdulmumit National

Chair for The Jericho Movement speaking about the 2021 International

Tribunal.  The “In the Spirit of Mandela Coalition" is planning the

International Tribunal for October 2021.  The Tribunal will b...

Please join us as we talk with Emily Newman of the American Humanist

Association about their program to outreach to nonreligious folks

incarcerated in jails and prisons through a program called Humanism for All.

Humanism For All aims to connect incarcerated people who ident...

The Washington state Supreme Court recently invalidated that state’s laws

against simple personal possession of controlled substances. Simple

possession had been a felony in Washington, regardless of whether the

individual knew that they were in possession. The decision in ...

The Family Preservation Project (FPP) helps connect incarcerated mothers with

their children at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only

women’s prison.  On March 2, 2021, FPP joined with Dream Corps Justice to

convene Oregon's Day of Empathy. We’ll hear from women...

Adam Carpinelli interviews Tacuma Jackson co-founder of the Mary Kiona

Foundation.  The organization focuses on helping people of color,

indigenous and LGBT persons with mental health, substance abuse,

domestic violence, housing and reentry.

Please join us as we talk with Amelia Fowler of Voting in Jails PDX.  Many

people think that those who are currently incarcerated or have a felony, have

lost the right to vote. In Oregon, this is not the case. Prisoners can vote

if they are serving time on a misdemeanor cha...