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OSP Uhuru Sasa 2018 Poetry Share

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On October 27, 2018 the Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club held its annual Poetry Share at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.  The theme is "Wasted Words".  Tune in to hear performances by the men at OSP and interviews by host Karen James.     Uhuru Sasa, which means ‘Freedom N... Read more

WomenFirst Transition & Referral Center

Airs at: Wed, 10/31/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Founder and president Shannon Olive chats with host Lisa Loving about why women who are exiting the prison system and coming home to their families and communities are at the heart of this new program.  Click here to find out more about their work.  Photo: WomenFirst Trans... Read more

Folsom50 Project

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp, founders of the Folsom50 project looking at Johnny Cash’s work around prison reform 50 years later.  The project brings music and artwork to incarcerated persons and they held their first concert at Columbia River C... Read more

US Prisons House It’s Slaves

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
  Corporations know the value of prison labour is not just its immediate cost saving! Prison labour is nothing if not scab labour — efficiently serving to undermine wage and labour standards in the general population. Until American voters refuse to allow their tax money t... Read more

Election Forum Focused on Marginalized Communities at Sentinel Hotel

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
        The Coalition of Communities of Color held an election forum today at the Sentinel Hotel. KBOO’s Sam Bouman was there and has this report. Read more

Oregon's Largest Prison on Lockdown Over the Weekend

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  ONE PRISONER MOVED TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT   Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI), Oregon’s largest and most remote prison, was placed on lockdown this weekend. According to a press release from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC), an prisoner assaulted a... Read more

Looking Ahead

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay looks at two of the items on the Oregon Legislature's 2019 criminal justice agenda: Behavioral Health Reinvestment and Juvenile Justice. Read more

Nationwide Prison Strike 2018: Updates from IWOC

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Clayton Dewey with the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC).  Discussion will focus on the recent happenings with the recent National Prisoner Strike that started in August 2018. Prison rebels across the nation declared a nationwide st... Read more

Defending Transgender Clients

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Transgender people are incarcerated at over three times the rate of the general population in the United States. The reality for trans people of color is even more harrowing: 25% of Latino/a trans people, 30% of American Indian trans people, and 47% of Black trans people ar... Read more

The Diane Wade House

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This fall, Multnomah county and Bridges to Change, a local non-profit, will open a new program dedicated to curbing the disparities for African American women involved with the Justice system. The Diane Wade House program "will be the first-of-its-kind transitional hous... Read more