Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Roshani Thakore with the Columbia River

Correctional Institution (CRCI) Comedy School.  This project is includes

weekly comedy classes and quarterly comedy shows inside the walls of a

men’s prison in North Portland. The project came about as an ex...

Please join us Monday, March 18th on Prison Pipeline as we talk with Trisha

Swanson about the women's 5k running club, Reason to Run at Coffee Creek

Correctional Facility.  

Reason to Run is a non-profit organization that exists to create a culture of

hope, connection, a...

Join host Isabelle Sinclair in a discussion with Trevor Walraven, co-Founder

of the Oregon Youth Justice Project (YJP), in exploring both his 18 years of

experience within Oregon's criminal justice system, and the current political

movements surrounding incarcerated youth. ...

Karen James speaks with Noelle Hanrahan, founder of Prison Radio and a

journalist who has recorded and broadcast commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal

since 1992.  Noelle talks about Philadelphia in the racially-charged 1970s

where Mumia made his name as a writer and journalist. ...

In mid-March, a United Nations body will once again issue its annual

criticism of marijuana legalization in Canada, Uruguay, and several states in

the United States. They will also be critical of medical marijuana laws, and

of certain effective harm reduction interventions ...

Adam Carpinelli will interview organizers from the Fighting Toxic Prisons

(FTP) Convergence.  FTP is a collaboration with the Abolitionist Law

Center.  FTP’s mission is to conduct grassroots organizing, advocacy and

direct action to challenge the prison system that is putti...

David Earl Miller was a prisoner on death row for 34 years until he was

executed on December 16th. Mary Nordkvelle and Jean Richardson are sisters

who had a uniquie 25 year relationship as Death Row visitors to Miller who

served more time on Death Row than he did in year...

David Earl Miller was a prisoner on death row for 34 years until he was

executed on December 16th.  Mary Nordkvelle and Jean Richardson are sisters

who had a uniquie 25 year relationship as Death Row visitors to Miller who

served more time on Death Row than he did in yea...

David Earl Miller was a prisoner on death row for 34 years until he was

executed on December 16th.  Mary Nordkvelle and Jean Richardson are sisters

who had a uniquie 25 year relationship as Death Row visitors to Miller who

served more time on Death Row than he did in yea...

William Pelham Barr has been nominated to be the next US Attorney General. He

had the job once before, serving from 1991 until 1993 under then-President

George H. W. Bush. His time as AG may have been brief, yet while in that post

Barr managed to leave an indelible mark on ...