Latest Content for Prison Pipeline

Karen James interviews CNN contributor and author Van Jones. Cut 50, an organization he co-founded, plans to cut U.S. mass incarceration by 50% in ten years. In July, President Obama visited a federal prison and there’s bipartisan Congressional support for legislation to... Read more

Ruth Kovacs interviews Erik Rise, Iron Tribe case manager. As a formerly incarcerated person, he tells of his prison experience and finding employment with Iron Tribe upon release. Iron Tribe is a non-profit recovery network of formerly incarcerated men and women who pro... Read more

With You on the Journey is a performance of monologues written by family members of people in prison. The performance was the culmination of six writing workshops which took place in the summer and was held at The First Unitarian Church of Portland on October 18th, 2015.... Read more

On 9/19 criminal defense attorney Jesse William Barton presented “Maximizing the Chances of Obtaining True Measure 11 Reform” in Wilsonville. During an interview with Karen James, he discusses Measure 11, Oregon’s one-strike-you’re-out mandatory minimum sentencing law pa... Read more

Emma Lugo and special guest Kris Hermes, mass defense coordinator for the National Lawyer's Guild and author of Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000. Crashing the Party explains how events at the Republican National Convention led Philadelphia Polic... Read more

What does criminalization look like in Oregon when our youth are targeted and how does that play out when those youth face mandatory minimum sentencing? How does it feel returning to your home community after serving a long sentence with a felony now on your record? Host... Read more

A new group, Time Does Not Fit the Crime, has brought new energy to the fight to reform Measure 11, Oregon’s mandatory minimum sentencing law. Hear organizers Patty Youngblood and Barb Dickerson as they discuss reasons to reform Measure 11 at an event held September 19, ... Read more

Host Adam Carpinelli interviews Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children based in the Bay Area. Nunn will speak about organizing for the Oakland conference held September 20-21, 2015. The conference will bring together formerly incarc... Read more

Lynne Stewart is an activist, defense lawyer, breast cancer survivor and former political prisoner who has courageously stood up for the rights of revolutionaries, people of color, the poor, marginalized and dispossessed for over 40 years. Join us on Prison Pipeline on M... Read more

Ruth Kovacs talks with Angela Cave who grew up with a parent in prison. She shares her personal experience and how her father’s imprisonment affected her own life. Read more