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Video screenshot/Plaintiff deposition via Michelle BurrowsTony Klein was taken immediately into custody after being found guilty on 17 of 19 counts pertaining to sexual assault. The former Oregon Department of Corrections nurse could be sentenced to life in prison. -
Pablo Unzueta/CalMattersCalifornia is unwinding the prison-building boom of the 1980s and 1990s. The cuts are falling on small towns that banked on government jobs to anchor their communities.
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A coalition of civil rights groups stymied in their attempts over the past two years to expand voting rights to Oregonians serving time for felony convictions believe 2023 could be the year they succeed. -
At least 27 women have accused nurse Tony Klein of inappropriate actions and sexual assault while he worked at the Coffee Creek prison in Oregon. To date, he has never been charged with a crime. But that may change soon, as OPB has learned a federal investigation remains underway. -
24 years ago, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure requiring all prison inmates to work full-time. The ballot measure, which became part of the state鈥�
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The debate over solitary confinement brings us back around to a basic question about prisons: do we lock people up to correct their behavior, or only to鈥�
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Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation鈥檚 jails every year.What happens to them as they carry their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In鈥� -
The number of people in jail and prison in America is staggering itself: more than two million people. Stop and think about the loved ones of the鈥� -
Given the grim conditions in most correctional institutions, we could not imagine a cookbook emerging from such a place. We were wrong. Prison Ramen:鈥� -
Where you start in society often determines where you end up in society. If you start poor, odds are good you'll end up poor... and maybe in prison, too.鈥� -
Going to prison is no picnic, but it's hard on more than the person serving time. The Girl Scouts of America runs a program to help women in prison stay鈥� -
California County jails have seen a marked increase in violence since they began housing thousands of offenders who previously would have gone to state鈥� -
Journalists have the differences between "jail" (shorter-term stays, generally pre-trial) and "prison" (longer stays, post-conviction) hammered into them.鈥�
