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Oregon's New Drug Policies

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join Prison Pipeline hosts Emma Lugo, Karen James, Doug McVay & Adam Carpinelli, as they discuss this past year’s decision by Oregon legislators to overturn Ballot Measure 110 which was overwhelmingly approved by Oregonians in 2020. Legislators passed HB4002 which recrimina... Read more

Prison Pipeline Holiday Special

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join Prison Pipeline’s Holiday Special as hosts Emma Lugo, Karen James, Doug McVay and Adam Carpinelli share holiday messages to your loved ones in prison. The Family Preservation Project alumni spreads joy with their messages of love, encouragement and Season’s Greetings t... Read more

Mary Nordkvelle and Jean Richardson this week on Prison Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, December 16th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Mary Nordkvelle and Jean Richardson who are sisters.  Years ago they saw a program on the BBC about Americans on death row in the US.  That began a long journey of... Read more

"It Took A Village to Bring Me Back to Myself": Michael's Story

Airs at: Fri, 12/13/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
This episode of “Out of the Streets of Portland” features the story of Michael, who successfully navigated out of decades of homelessness and substance use to support and recovery in one of the alternative, village-style shelters that have significantly expanded over the pa... Read more

Annual report on Multnomah County Jails says system is 'in crisis'

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. "The Multnomah County Jail System is in crisis and at risk of jeopardizing health and safety." That's the finding from the 2024 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury report, released by District Attorney Mike Schmidt on December 3rd. Orego... Read more

Locked Out

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Locked Out. The Prison Journalism Project is an independent, national nonprofit organization that trains incarcerated people to be writers and journalists, and publishes their stories so they can serve as influential voices in the broade... Read more

Colonialism, Solidarity, and Leonard Peltier

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This year, the annual deluge of Black Friday ads egging us on to attain higher levels of consumption–with corresponding carbon emissions and solid and liquid waste–seemed particularly hollow, morbid–predatory, even– falling as Black Friday did this year on November 29, t... Read more

Effective Sentencing Reforms

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Mark Leymon, Ph.D., professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice-Urban & Public Affairs at Portland State University. A quantitative research methodologist and justice policy researcher, Dr. Leymon discusses his research on the effects of sente... Read more

Deflection Programs

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Deflection Programs. As a kind of trade-off when the Oregon legislature recriminalized simple possession of some drugs, the state of Oregon and the majority of Oregon counties committed to setting up what are called deflection programs, t... Read more

Interview with Chairman Omali Yeshitela

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, November 18th at 6:00 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party.  On September 12, 2024, a federal jury in Tampa returned a contradictory and nonsensical verdict... Read more