How all of Oregon Contributes to Criminal Justice Reform

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) launched the Justice. Reinvestment Initiative (JRI), in partnership with the.

Common Ground | Vera Institute

By working together at state and local levels, Oregon's successful bid to lower its prison population and the associated costs can serve as a model for other ...

The Oregon Way : About Us - Department of Corrections

The Oregon Way promotes positive and healthy organizational culture within correctional institutions. It empowers staff to engage actively with AICs.

The Contribution of Prisons to Public Safety - Crime Victims United

The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) 2007 Report to the Legislature[2] says that, for each inmate added in 1995, about 28 crimes were avoided. In 2005 ...

Governor of Oregon Leaves Legacy of Reformation While Leaving ...

Criminal justice reform proactivist Governor Kate Brown (D) has granted over 1,100 clemencies during her two terms in office, more than the 50 ...

A View of the Criminal Justice System | Oregondaassociation

Their job is to make sure that the rules of court are followed by all parties. ... criminal history, the prosecutor's and defense attorney's requests and Oregon ...

The story of one US governor's historic use of clemency

Last October, Kate Brown, the governor of Oregon, signed an executive order granting clemency to 73 people who had committed crimes as juveniles ...

Evaluating the Success of Oregon's Norwegian-Inspired Prison ...

This thesis aims to understand Oregon's progress towards prison reform through the Amend program. Inspired by the Norwegian prison model.

EVALUATING THE SUCCESS OF OREGON'S NORWEGIAN ...

already been done to answer the question of what Oregon should do to reform its criminal justice system? ... Common Ground: How all of Oregon. Contributes to ...

Transforming the Criminal Legal System | Multnomah County

The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program has been converted to the Providing Access to Hope (PATH) program, which helps those who are unsheltered, ...

Oregon Justice Resource Center

Over the past twenty years, the incarceration rate of women in Oregon has tripled, despite the crime rate being at 30-year lows. We should question how long we ...

Criminal Justice Issues | Oregondaassociation

Violent Offenders Occupy Oregon's Prisons · Oregon has prioritized its limited prison space for violent criminals better than any other · state. · leads all states ...

About us - Oregon Innocence Project

Our goal is to build support for comprehensive criminal justice reform to improve eyewitness identification, interrogation practices, discovery practices, and ...

Oregon Criminal Justice Commission Ways and Means Reference ...

CJC to create an IT system to receive data from all Oregon law enforcement agencies regarding all officer-initiated traffic and pedestrian stops ...

Oregon bill would let more people qualify to end post-prison ...

Oregon bill would let more people qualify to end post-prison supervision early · Supporters say the measure provides a much-needed incentive for ...

Criminal Justice Reform — Successes — DRO

A constitutional crisis in Oregon's criminal justice system continues ...

In Oregon, both prosecutors and public defenders say the situation here is nothing short of a crisis. An American Bar Association report called ...

oregon justice reinvestment initiative: return on investment final report

Together, these measures allow us to measure the criminal justice system's response to crime issues across Oregon. Finally, we examine ...

Oregon Prosecutors Continue to Fight Criminal Justice Reform With ...

Youth criminal justice reform is shaping up to be one of the most contentious issues in this year's Oregon legislative session.

Criminal Justice Reform in Oregon

It saw an astounding 47% increase in its incarcerated population, as well as a spike in the incarceration of low-level drug offenders between 2011 and 2012. As ...