Prison Pipeline

A felony conviction for small personal-use amounts of a drug can wreak havoc

on a person's life forever and make it incredibly difficult if not

impossible for that person to rehabilitate and re-integrate into society. In

the most recent Oregon legislative session, criminal ...

Host Emma Lugo speaks with film maker Mary Knight about her film about the

case of Robyn Drown, a current inmate at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

in Wilsonville.  The film screening will be held at the 2017 Women in Prison

Conference in Portland on October 21 & 22nd.  ...

Adam Carpinelli interviews Yen, Oregonian Hip Hop artist based out of Salem,

Oregon.  Yen's music talks about the realities of life and his experience

being formerly incarcerated as well as having several close friends currently

incarcerated.  This show furthers the discuss...

The new Red Lodge Transition Center for Women will soon open its doors to

Native and non-Native women upon return from treatment centers, jails and

prison returning to Clackamas County. Host Karen James visited the Center and

spoke with Trish Jordon, Executive Director, Red...

Karen James interviews Jessica Katz, the director of the Family Preservation

Project (FPP) at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, and Nova

Sweet, a former participant of the program.  FPP is a program of the YWCA of

Greater Portland that uses a holistic, fami...

Clackamas County is the third most populous county in the state of Oregon

with more than 400,000 residents. It's one of the three Oregon counties that

comprise the Portland metropolitan area, along with the larger Multnomah and

Washington counties. In spite of that, Clackam...

Host Emma Lugo is joined by Christina Vanorder, formerly incarcerated at

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, to discuss inside to outside transition

issues.  Vanorder successfully ran for State House in Oregon and she will

discuss her life in Coffee Creek, her release, and ...