Latest Content for Prison Pipeline

Patty Katz speaks with formerly incarcerated people, Micheal and Donny, about their work to help others transition back to their communities Read more

Host Peter Pincetl talks with Merilee Schillinger about her involvement in the Rising Star Toastmaster's and their work with Coffee Creek. Read more

Host Grace E Reed discusses with Michelle Fabian the issue of sexual assualt in corrections facilities.  This all-too-common phenomenon -- inmates sexually assaulted by guards and by other inmates, predatory behavior within the confines of a prison -- spurred Congress ... Read more

Host KAREN JAMES with Jeffrey Chilson, DDA Outreach Specialist; Corbett Monica of Dual Diagnosis Anonymous of Oregon; and Ginger Martin, Assistant Director, Department of Corrections Transitional Services. Studies show that almost three-quarters of prisoners with mental di... Read more

MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility is the largest youth prison in Oregon. The majority of the youth housed there serve long sentences of five years or more. While serving time there, the youth live on units referred to as cottages. These are basically dorms that th... Read more

  "In this episode, Megan Vosk asks a local professor to share her knowledge about gendered   pathways to crime. Emily Salisbury is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology   at Portland State University who teaches a class called "Women, Crime, and J... Read more

Larry Johnson and Louise Wedge of HARRP Join host Peter Pincetl as he discusses the Highland Access, Recovery and Reentry Program (HARRP) with Larry Johnson and Louise Wedge. HARRP's goals are to help formerly incarcerated people become successful, reunite with their lo... Read more

Grace E Reed interviews Cindy Thompson founder/director of Destiny Network. Cindy is an author and advocate of restorative justice and prison reform working with inmates and their children. She is instrumental in creating new policies for employment and wages while i... Read more

On this evening's Prison Pipeline, host Megan Vosk explores issues surrounding trans-people in prison. She interviews a NY attorney, Adam Pulver, about a recent case involving a trans-woman at Rikers Island who sued her guards for harrassment and abuse. The episode also ... Read more

  Tonight's show features new collective member Patty Katz and her guest Tammy Wilkins. Patty is a formerly incarcerated individual who is passionate about aiding people reentering society from incarceration and empowering them to find their voice in the political ar... Read more