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Stronger families make safer communities
In our regular Street Roots column, we discuss the Family Offender Sentencing Alternative (FOSA) being considered by the Oregon legislature. Oregon looks to model Washington's successful FOSA bill...
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Human investment: the politics of trying to keep people out of prison
Justice reinvestment focuses on a simple idea: "Instead of spending money on more prison beds, spend the money saved by keeping people out of prison on treatment and other wrap-around services."...
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Justice Matters - Spring 2015
2015-Spring-JM_Cover.jpg This issue of JM covers important public safety reforms from the 2014 election and our agenda for Oregon's 2015 legislative session; explores questions about domestic violence;...
View ArticlePSJ's 2015 Legislative Agenda: Another Step towards Safety and Justice
Shannon Wight and Kerry Naughton outline PSJ's work advocating for public safety reform during the 2015 legislative session. PSJ's 2015 Legislative Agenda: Another Step towards Safety and...
View ArticleElection 2014 Brings Important Public Safety Reforms
The 2014 General Election resulted in what some are calling "historic" reform to advance a public safety strategy that may spell the beginning of the end of the "War on Drugs." Election 2014 Brings...
View ArticleStronger Families Make Safer Communities
Shannon Wight and Elizabeth Hilliard discuss the Family Offender Sentencing Alternative (FOSA) being considered by the Oregon Legislature. Oregon looks to model Washington's successful FOSA bill which...
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Our View: Don't siphon off prison savings just yet
The Medford Mail Tribune understands Justice Reinvestment. "The state's prison population has leveled off and begun to decline. But after only two years, lawmakers in Salem are already itching to...
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Commentary: Seattle took the LEAD; Oregon should follow
PSJ Executive Director Andy Ko writes about Seattle's LEAD Program (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) and his hopes for Oregon to adopt a similar program statewide. (Street Roots) read more
View ArticleFocus on Children and Families (JM - Fall 2015)
This issue of JM details the successful 2015 legislative session, including a special lobby day, justice reinvestment funding for crime survivor programs, and passage of the Family Sentencing...
View ArticleA Long, Strange (and Successful) Session
Deputy Director Shannon Wight summarizes the 2015 Legislative Session. A Long, Strange (and Successful) SessionArticle by Shannon Wightread more
View ArticleThe Momentum Has Become a Movement
PSJ's communications and development associate, Denise Welch, looks at how the momentum for criminal justice reform has turned into a movement, not only in Oregon but across the country, in this Fall...
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Alternative sentencing for parents will come to Deschutes County
This year Deschutes County will be one of five Oregon counties to try a 10-year pilot program that provides intensive supervision to a subset of criminal offenders: parents. PSJ and our members worked...
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Black Residents Over-Represented in Criminal Justice System
African Americans are overrepresented at every level in Multnomah County’s criminal justice system, according to a report released last month by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, the...
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Can a new victims advocacy movement break cycles of violence?
This in-depth article examines the failed punitive policies that destroy the families and communities most affected by crime and features PSJ and other organizations that advocate spending less on...
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Measure 11 Makes No Sense For Youths
In our monthly Street Roots column, we discuss our follow-up report to Misguided Measures: The Outcomes and Impacts of Measure 11 -- Misguided Measures Revisited: Keeping Youth Out of Jails. This...
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