Latest Content for Prison Pipeline

Karen James interviews domestic violence advocate Liysa Swart. Liysa released from prison in 2012 after serving 12 years for killing her abusive husband. Many women serving time in Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison, picked up a bat or knife... Read more

Prison Pipeline host Adam Carpinelli will interview Walidah Imarisha with the Sundiata Acoli Freedom Campaign and Claude Marks from the Freedom archives. The discussion will focus on how different forms of media are used to promote prison justice issues such as long term... Read more

Amy Johnson interviews members of the Mothers of Incarcerated Sons Society, Inc (M.I.S.S.). M.I.S.S. is a non-profit support group for families of the incarcerated. M.I.S.S'  website, mothersofinmates.org, has resources for family members and hosts a chat forum primarily... Read more

Justin Chapin interviews Tony, a Massachusetts prisoner and acquaintance, who uses his precious phone time to tell us his story. Accused and convicted of a crime from which there is no recovery, Tony was abandoned by his friends and family. After an attempted suicide at ... Read more

Longtime Prison Pipeline host Ruth Kovacs is back in Portland and behind the mic at KBOO! Join Ruth and guests as she talks about her plans for involvement with people in and out of the prison system. Read more

Morgan Kelly presents a workshop by JoNina Abron-Ervin & Lorenzo Ervin. “Mass Imprisonment is Prison Slavery” was presented at the 5th Annual Law & Disorder Conference held May 2014 at Portland State University. More people are incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails than... Read more

Dakotah Kennedy interviews Mark McKechnie from Youth, Rights, & Justice about the school-to-prison pipeline. The school-to-prison pipeline refers to certain rules that channel youth (particularly youth of color) out of school and into the criminal justice system. Tune in... Read more

Stephanie Guy with Wynema Leonard, princess, Oyate Ki Club. Lakota Oyate Ki is a Native American culture club located within the walls of the Oregon State Penitentiary. The Lakota Club is organized by Native inmates to provide quality programs and support to address the ... Read more

Peter Pincetl interviews Patty Katz with Oregon Action about the new Ban the Box campaign.  Employment and housing are the most important influences for decreasing recidivism and it's time to provide a fair chance for all who work and ban "the box" -- the section of empl... Read more

Amy Johnson interviews Ann Marie O'Malley and her former students Akiaz King, Nathan McNair and Michael Dillon. Since 2012 Ann Marie has been teaching creative writing at Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI), a minimum security facility in Northeast Portland. A... Read more