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Empowering Families & Changing the Future: The Center for Family Success
PSJ’s Caylor Roling sat down to chat with Glenna Hayes, Director of Center for Family Success (and long-time PSJ member), about how the Center helps families who have been involved with the criminal...
View ArticleSome "Smart on Crime" Reforms that are Working
Necessitated by harsh economic times and encouraged by declines in crime rates, a number of states have made significant strides in reducing the number of people in prisons and jails and cutting...
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PSJ’s 2011 Annual Report
We've published our 2011 Annual Report and we must say: Wow! We're really proud of the breadth and depth of the work we've accomplished with the help of you, our wonderful members! Please take a few...
View ArticleJournal of the American Probation and Parole Association Perspectives
The Journal of the American Probathion and Parole Association's publication titled, "Perspectives: Voice of the Viread more
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Criminal Background Checks: Rampant Errors Cost Worker's Jobs and Skirt...
A new report from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) reveals an explosion in criminal background checks for job applicants, with many reports riddled with errors. Tens of millions of workers pay...
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AG Ellen Rosenblum Signals Support for Sentencing Reforms
“In my view we should all be focused on shifting our public safety spending to prevention-based strategies, such as victims’ services, addiction treatment and recovery, and re-entry programs,” said...
View ArticleRebalancing Public Safety Spending
Do you think that the scales of public safety spending are equal? Justice Matters' editor Denise Welch explains why they are not and what needs to be done in Oregon to bring the equilibrium back....
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Smarter justice: Data on Oregon's prison system suggest better ways to use...
The Editorial Board of the Mail Tribune (serving Southern Oregon) is optimistic that, through the work of the Commission on Public Safety supported by sound data provided by the Pew Center on the...
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Rebalancing Oregon's Public Safety System (JM - Winter 2012)
JM_Winter12_cover_1.jpg In this issue of Justice Matters, we share our optimism that Oregon is on the cusp of serious corrections reform. This won't be by any means easy, but the election results,...
View ArticleThe Diminishing Influence of Tough-on-Crime Political Rhetoric
Are we witnessing the diminishing influence of tough-on-crime rhetoric and the politics of fear? The election results could show a compelling shift in the attitudes of the American electorate on...
View ArticleVast Majority of Oregonians are Smart on Crime
In September 2012, Partnership for Safety and Justice commissioned our own poll with a special emphasis on policies that would impact youth tried as adults. The polling results indicated strong...
View ArticleUpdate on Commission on Public Safety
In May, Governor Kitzhaber signed an executive order that created the Commission on Public Safety, designed to thoroughly review Oregon’s public safety system and recommend ways to improve that system...
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Commission points way to major Oregon prison savings, requiring Measure 11...
Oregon could be spared $600 million in future prison costs through sentencing changes and better community programs, but the state Commission on Public Safety stopped short of recommending such...
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Judge and Corrections Offical Support Corrections Reform, Say Focus on...
The best way to make our streets safer is by strengthening the innovative and successful crime-fighting programs pioneered in local communities. Many programs that are proven to break the cycle of...
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We Can Do Better (JM - Spring 2013)
JM-Spring-2013-Cover.jpg The 2013 Legislative Session is in full swing and in this issue of Justice Matters we debunk what some are saying about our excessive reliance on prison -- that it works. We...
View ArticleCriminal Justice Reform in 2013
PSJ Associate Director Shannon Wight examines the recommendations of the Commission on Public Safety and HB 3194 which incorporates them. The Commission's recommendations are consistent with PSJ's...
View ArticleWhy are the District Attorneys Opposing Public Safety Reform?
David Rogers explores why the district attorneys are so opposed to reforming Oregon public safety system. The DAs suggest that there really is nothing for people to be concerned about...it seems like...
View ArticleRe-Entry Success in Oregon
Ninety-five percent of people in prison in the US will eventually be released. What can be done to help people who are released from prison be successful? Here are three success stories we find...
View ArticlePSJ Members Who are Making a Difference
Come and meet a few of our members who are really making a difference. PSJ Members Who are Making a DifferenceArticle by Gustav Cappaertread more
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