Latest Content for Prison Pipeline

Karen James and Gretchen Vala, OregonCure, discuss the Obama administration’s recent announcement for a new federal grant program to pay for college for state and federal prisoners. Congress banned prisoners from being eligible for Pell grants in 1994. Nationwide 43.3% o... Read more

Adam Carpinelli will interview Peter Clark, co-director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. Leonard Peltier is a long term u.s.-held Indigenous Political Prisoner. Peltier has been locked away for 38 years in federal prison, wrongly convicted for the ... Read more

On July 9th, 2015 as part of a national week of action to #EndDetention the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition organized a rally which called for: the end the collaboration between Portland police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an end to deportations so ... Read more

Emma Lugo discusses street harassment of homeless people by the Portland police. Her guest talks about homelessness, arrests by the police and about his time in the jail. We’ll hear audio of his arrest. Read more

Ruth Kovacs interviews Debbi Parkins whose brother, Steve, released from prison two years ago this month.  Steve served 8 years convicted as a sex offender.  Read more

Adam Carpinelli will interview activists Daniel Hong and Michael Wilson with Strike Debt Portland and Bay Area chapters. The discussion will focus on the historical significance of debtors’ prisons and recent trends to criminalize financial obligations. Strike Debt forme... Read more

On June 30th, 2015, the day before adult recreational use of marijuana became legal in Oregon, leaders of the drug reform movement held a press conference at the ACLU office in downtown Portland. Speaking about why legalization matters, what to expect, and what’s next fo... Read more

Emma Lugo interviews author Dave Truhlar. With legalization fresh in the minds of Oregonians we will take a look back at the legacy of the war on drugs. Though we live in “The land of the free” we imprison more of our fellow citizens than any other country on Earth. It’s... Read more

Ruth Kovacs interviews Tim “Cowboy” Stevens about his recent release from Columbia River Correctional Institution and the challenges of reentry. Read more

Old School PPC Producer Carlos Chavez pops in to host another special edition of MacLaren Community Voice. Carlos presents segments recorded by his Radio Journalism students who interview during campus events at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility such as the Write Arou... Read more