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The War on Drugs is a Racket

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from "The War on Drugs is a Racket" by David Rosen. “Every 25 seconds someone is arrested for possessing drugs for their own use, amounting to 1.25 million arrests per year....These numbers tell a tale of ruined lives, destroyed families, and communities... Read more

Women In Prison, Part One

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Oregon Justice Resource Center recently held its Women In Prison Conference at Lewis & Clark College School of Law in Portland, Oregon. In part one of our coverage, we speak with Bobbin Singh, the Executive Director of OJRC; Ailene Farkac, with MercyCorps NW's Reentr... Read more

Solitary Confinement Within These Walls

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
‘The Bucket’, what prisoners call solitary confinement at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, is a play created and performed by prisoners at OSP.  This play inspired Within These Walls, an event held in Portland on September 28th.  Prison volunteer and entertainment... Read more

No New County Jails

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Emma Lugo will speak with Prison abolition activist Coral Wrap about the long struggle to close the San Francisco municipal jail, transform the culture in municipal San Francisco from incarceration and punishment to critical assessment of community needs and address poli... Read more

D.A. Underhill discusses LEAD program

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
At the ROAR Alliance monthly meeting on August 31st, Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill presented plans to bring the LEAD program to Portland. Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a pre-booking diversion pilot program developed with the community to... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 19, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick hosts this membership drive episode, on which we hear these segments: • Teressa Raiford of Don't Shoot Portland discusses current challenges to Oregon’s criminal injustice system • Mike Snedeker, a death penalty lawyer, comments on the connections betwe... Read more

Don't Shoot & Criminal Injustice

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Teressa Raiford of Don't Shoot Portland discussing current challenges to Oregon’s criminal injustice system Read more

Phil Stockton discusses Within these Walls: Solitary Confinement

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
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Youth Moving Beyond Detention

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Carlos Chavez features the MacLaren youth in a podcast from the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn.  Kevin Le, the head instructor of Morpheus Youth Project’s break dance program, along with others, will talk about teaching break dancing at the Multnom... Read more

Building a Movement Inside & Outside: Reflections on September 9th

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli will interview national, local and regional organizers from groups like Black Lives Matters, Anarchist Black Cross and the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee about organizing for the September 9, 2016 call for a national prisoner strike. Organizers... Read more