More Prison Beds in Oregon

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Mon, 11/30/2015 - 6:30pm to 7:00pm
More Prison Beds in Oregon
Karen James interviews Shannon Wight, Deputy Director, Partnership for Safety and Justice. In 2013 Oregon legislators passed House Bill 3194 that stopped prison growth for 5 years. A Justice Reinvestment fund was created from the savings and distributed to Oregon counties for community support services to help offenders and decrease the flow into the prison system. Just 2 years later, Oregon lawmakers are considering using $9 million from the Justice Reinvestment funds to expand the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras to accommodate a growing inmate population.
http://www.safetyandjustice.org/

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