Increasing Incarceration of Women and Girls in Oregon

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Mon, 04/28/2014 - 12:00am
Partnership for Safety & Justice Panel on Increasing Incarceration of Women & Girls; w/ Piper Kerman
Iven Hale and Frann Michel report on a Partnership for Safety and Justice panel discussion about the increasing incarceration of women and girls in Oregon. Panelists included Piper Kerman of Orange is the New Black fame; Fariborz Pakseresht, Director of the Oregon Youth Authority; Jennifer Williamson, State Rep for Disctrict 36; and Alverda McCoy of MercyCorps' Reentry Transition Center.  Frann and Iven also mention recent Frontline Documentaries , a recent ACLU Report on women in prison, and the possibility of prison abolition.

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