Prison Pipeline

Host Doug McVay looks at efforts in Oregon to end racial profiling, and

attempts in the Portland metro area to stop using police for "quality of

life" enforcement.

Adam Carpinelli interviews Lauren Regan from the Civil Liberties Defense

Center (CLDC) based in Eugene, Oregon.  CLDC has been defending cases for

jailed activists and Political Prisoners for many years as well as taking on

diverse civil liberties cases.  Regan will discuss...

Death sentencing and executions in the United States have steadily been

declining in recent years. Despite these trends, death sentences continue to

be imposed in a handful of states while the flaws and failures of this system

are more apparent than ever.

 

Joining us thi...

Host Doug McVay speaks with the Chair of the State Senate Judiciary

Committee, Floyd Prozanski.

The Oregon State Legislature convenes its 2019 session at the end of January.

Democrats now hold a super-majority in both the state House and

Senate. There's a lot on the legisl...

Host Isabelle Sinclair speaks with Jackie Whitt, a formerly incarcerated

person, about her experiences within Coffee Creek Correctional Facility,

Oregon's only prison for women. Jackie, who comes from a background of

intergenerational incarceration, speaks about the retraum...

On October 27, 2018 the Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club held its annual Poetry Share

at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.  The theme is "Wasted Words". 

Tune in to hear performances by the men at OSP and interviews by host Karen

James.    

Uhuru Sasa, which means ‘Freedom N...

Adam Carpinelli interviews Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp, founders of

the Folsom50 project looking at Johnny Cash’s work around prison reform 50

years later.  The project brings music and artwork to incarcerated persons

and they held their first concert at Columbia River C...

Corporations know the value of prison labour is not just its immediate cost

saving! Prison labour is nothing if not scab labour — efficiently

serving to undermine wage and labour standards in the general population.

Until American voters refuse to allow their tax money t...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay looks at two of the items

on the Oregon Legislature's 2019 criminal justice agenda: Behavioral Health

Reinvestment and Juvenile Justice.