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New research shows that official statistics under-report the number of deaths caused by police violence in the US, plus safe consumption sites and the decriminalization of people who use drugs are under discussion in Massachusetts. Read more

Please join us on Monday, September 27th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Elle Stanger, Maxine Doogan and Brandy about the campaign to decriminalize sex work in Oregon.   This summer Representative Rob Knosse helped co-sponsor a reso... Read more

Terrell Kyreem Johnson was a 24 year old from Portland, Oregon. On May 10, 2017, he was at a MAX light rail station in SE Portland threatening people with a utility knife. Witnesses say he was clearly demonstrating signs of mental illness and distress. The Portland Polic... Read more

Adam Carpinelli interviews Morlock founder of Past Lives, an organization offering transitional services.  For more information: www.pastlivesllc.com Read more

This week on Prison Pipeline we speak with Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist with the Prison Policy Initiative, about PPI’s new report entitled “States of emergency: The failure of prison system responses to COVID-19.” Plus we speak with Avi Yocheved, a harm reduc... Read more

On June 28th Jermelle Madison Jr was found unresponsive in a Clackamas County jail cell.  On July 3 he was pronounced dead at Sunnyside Medical Center.  We will talk this week on Prison Pipeline with journalist James Croxton of Double Sided Media who did an investigative... Read more

Join Prison Pipeline hosts Emma Lugo, Doug McVay, Karen James & Adam Carpinelli as they discuss which bills did and did not pass during the 2021 Oregon Legislature.  While HB2002, the Transforming Justice omnibus bill, did not pass, a number of policies and funding propo... Read more

Many of us are grieving the loss of our good friend Patty Katz, a well-known part of Oregon's addiction recovery advocacy and early visionary in Oregon's public safety reform communities.  As someone in recovery, she co-founded Hands Across the Bridge, a nonprofit that c... Read more

On this edition of Prison Pipeline, we speak with Portland activist Gregory McKelvey about non-unanimous juries and the Still In Prison Campaign. Plus, we speak with Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist with the Prison Policy Initiative, about PPI’s new report entitl... Read more

Adam Carpinelli interviews Former Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim.  Discussion focuses on changes in community organizing today, the BLM movement, COVID and addressing human rights violations through the upcoming International Tribunal in October 2021.   For more info... Read more