Latest Content for Prison Pipeline

Did you know that it can cost twenty dollars or more to receive a collect call from a loved one in prison? On Monday December 19th, from 7 - 8 pm, KBOO will take part in a national broadcast of 'Calls from Home' - messages from family and friends to their loved ones wh... Read more

Grace discusses with Mark and his family about the Thousand Kite Project,  concerning communication and human rights.  The issue is raised of the high cost of communication with the incarcerated,  and how that basic right should not be a profit for business. Grace also t... Read more

Rex Newton interviews Shannon Wright,  the Associate Director of Partners for Safety and Justice.  Discussion on the recent scrutiny of Oregon's sentencing structure. Read more

What is it about the structure of gangs that draws youth into it's hands and what kind of support can we as parents and community members provide to help our youth realize their real potential? Join host Carlos Chavez on Monday December 5th on KBOO's Prison Pipeline for... Read more

What is it about the structure of gangs that draws youth into it's hands and what kind of support can we as parents and community members provide to help our youth realize their real potential? Join host Carlos Chavez on Monday December 5th on KBOO's Prison Pipeline ... Read more

Host Peter Pincetl talks with guest Tara Herival, criminal defense attorney and editor of the book "Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration", about the economics of the criminal justice system. Read more

Host Megan Vosk hosts a discussion on the Death Penalty with Rachel Hardesty,  of the Conflict Resolution Program at Portland State University,  and Jeff Ellis,  criminal defense attorney and teacher of Capital Punishment at Lewis and Clark Law School. Read more

Prisons and People: a Focus on Women and Their Children An interview with Professor Barbara Aldave founder of the Portia Project that provides legal and other assistance to women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Oregon Read more

Prison Pipeline's John Thiemeyer interviews two veterans,  Dr. Bud Brown and Mike Hasty about 'vets and the criminal justice system', The Bunker Project,  and the workshop they did on this subject for the Vets for Peace Conference in August at PSU. Read more

Host Rex Newton examines the 'missing link' between the Department of Corrections and community release programs. Phoenix Rising Transitions, an ex-con conceived and directed mentoring program, will be highlighted. Read more