Latest Content for Prison Pipeline

Gretchen Vala, whose son has been incarcerated for five and a half years, now volunteers her time as president of Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE). We discussed her work and focused on the Parole process. Read more

Caylor Rolings from Partnerships for Safety and Justice called Prison Pipeline to let our listeners know that proposed prison budget cuts should be avoided or at least scrutinized carefully. Caylor encouraged folks to write to legislators or a Letter to the Editor at the... Read more

The three winners of the 2010 Poetry Slam presented by Uhuru SaSa at OSP will read their poems. Read more

Senator Chip Shields was tonight’s guest. Don’t miss his comments. His concern for prison issues is evident. Chip answered a few questions submitted by prisoners, and spoke quite a bit about Measure 11. Read more

Rep. Mitch Greenlick shared his position on several prison issues. He spoke about mandatory sentencing, the importance of rehab programs and his opinion of the death penalty. Thank you, sir. Folks can find him on his website: www.greenlick.com, or send an email to his of... Read more

The two items in the Oregonian concerning Greg Smith’s visit to Two Rivers were reviewed. Karen James, who wrote the follow up letter to the Oregonian read her letter, then presented information about services to the mentally ill who are incarcerated. If you want one of ... Read more

Prison Pipeline introduced KBOO volunteer, Laura Taylor to our listeners. Laura has joined KBOO recently. She previously worked with prisoners in Washington DC and shared information about programs there. Now, she has volunteered to help with Prison Pipeline and other pr... Read more

Jeremiah Stromberg, Exec. Director of OR Parole Board answered questions about the Parole procedures. You can learn more at http://www.oregon.gov/bopps. If we have more questions, he will return! Read more

A very special guest! Noelle Hanrahan, who presents the commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal from death row, shared and update on Mumia. She writes and speaks to him often and assured us that although he has periods of being discouraged by the treatment of the courts, he is a... Read more

Emily Posner called from Maine to tell us about the movement to end or limit periods of solitary confinement for prisoners. Her comments focus on Maine, but certainly apply to most prisons in the U.S. Sorry to say, we had some technical problems, so we just uploaded “the... Read more