Latest Content for Prison Pipeline

Reggae Bob was my guest tonight. We had no trouble talking about the programs at OSP. Read more

Prison Pipeline was pre-empted for the fine KBOO 12 hour special remembering WTo in Seattle in 1999. We've loaded a skit that gave an overview of the event. Read more

Toby Greene of Laborers #483, Harry Olsen of PHOENIX Rising Transitions, and Michael Richards, an ex-convict who worked under a DOC contract, discussed some of the work done by convicts. Read more

The Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness was the Prison Pipeline Guest. Chris Bouneff talked about the special problems of folks who are incarcerated. NAMI website is: nami.org/Oregon. Telephone: 503/230-8009. Read more

“Her Song” by Kathleen O’Shea – “Not one woman but dozens on death row in America today tell their stories of hope and survival.”  This dramatization was presented in Washington DC at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, by the Safe Streets Arts Foundation... Read more

We presented Tara Herevil’s talk from October 2, 2009 at the EcoNvergence gathering. Tara focused her comments on our theme, “Is the present prison system financially sustainable?” A REMINDER! It’s not too late to support KBOO with a membership pledge. We fell short of o... Read more

Dennis Sobin, Director of Safe Streets Arts Foundation, talked about the opportunity provided by his foundation for prisoners to show their creativity. An annual program presented at Kennedy Center in Washington DC includes plays, poems and music by prisoners. We look fo... Read more

Jim Andrews, owner of Felony Franks told us about his hot dog stand that only hires ex-felons. Everything on the menu at Felony Franks has a name that’s prison related. You can link to Felony Franks and learn more about this innovative business at http://www.felonyfranks... Read more

The Prison Pipeline guest is Terry Stein, board member of Seventh Step at Oregon State Prison in Salem. Terry shared her experiences of 11 years of working with programs to help prisoners change their lives and avoid recidivism. Read more

Rev. Bob McNeal, retired minister, author and self-designated bumper sticker philosopher shared stories about his fifty years of working with drug and alcohol addicted folks. His son, at age 20, was convicted of drug related charges, but given a five-year parole sentence... Read more