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Solara McFarland, recovering addict, ex-con and now an advocate of prison reform talked about House Bill 2442. Also, since you're interested in prison issues, be sure to check the Street Roots Auction. You can join Ruth and a distinguished guest for an Italian or Hungari... Read more

Our guest, Junior has been in six maximum-security prisons in the last twenty years. Twenty-seven years ago he became a skinhead and is one of the five founding members of the White Nights. In 1996, his life changed and he is now a student and an active advocate for yout... Read more

We heard from Shawn Carnahan, who provided updates on Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Erika Spaet who shared the position Partnership, Safety and Justice has taken on some of the the November election issues. If you appreciate Prison Pipeline and the other fine programs presented on ... Read more

Another Membership Drive night! Tonight we had two fine guests – Blacque Butterfly, presented a few spoken word pieces and Ailsa Weisnewski sang a few songs. Thank you all for listening and I hope some of you called in Membership Pledges to KBOO. If you didn’t get a chan... Read more

It’s Membership Drive night, so we wanted to do something special—and we did! Our guest Ailsa Weisnewski, sang while she strummed her guitar. We heard two original songs (one of them based on a poem Ruth Kovacs shared with Ailsa), a Bob Dylan song (when sung by Ailsa did... Read more

Prison Pipeline guest was Walter Ledesma, Attorney at Law, who has worked with hundreds of incarcerated folks during his career. The discussion covered parole (including a short history), Ballot Measure 11, the death penalty, a Parole Board update and more. Walter Ledesm... Read more

Caylor Roling, Prison Program Director from Partnership for Safety and Justice talked to the Prison Pipeline listeners about Ballot Measure #73, introduced by Kevin Mannix. PS&J advocates a “NO” vote on this measure. Read more

Visitors from YWCA’s TOP Program talked about women transitioning out of incarceration.. Robyn Fountain, Program Manager of Transition Services and Suzi Penn, graduate of the TOP Program each had observations to share with Prison Pipeline listeners. Read more

Toby Green from the Laborers Union was the Prison Pipeline guest for our Labor Day program. Ruth and Toby discussed the prison work programs and the union jobs that some programs replace. We asked the question, “Is the Oregon prison work program “slave labor?” Read more

Normal 0 Harry Olsen, from Phoenix Rising Transitions, brought friends to our Prison Pipeline listeners to support the Hands Across the Bridge event Sept. 6. Anne O’Malley, from ROAR and Stan Aschenbrenner, a member of Lake Oswego United Methodist Church... Read more