It has been nearly a year since Portland City Commissioner and Mayoral Candidate Rene Gonzalez ordered Portland to stop offering tents to homeless people. During the third week of January Portland experienced a historic deep freeze in which at least fifteen people died of exposure-related deaths. In October Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced a resumption of the camping
Please join us on Monday, January 22nd at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Andres Oswill from the group, Portland for All, about their upcoming PolicyTalk with DA Mike Schmidt, Candace Avalos and Lamar Wise.
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Community, Services, and Support. The Behavioral Health Resource Center in southwest Portland provides vital services to people in need. The Center only opened in December of 2022 though Multnomah County started the process to open the Center several years ago. To learn more about the Center, host Doug McVay spoke recently with John
Please join us on Monday, January 1st at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with singer/songwriter Buzzy Martin, a lifelong advocate for adults in custoday and music teacher in prisons and juvenile facilities. A film about Buzzy's life, "Guitar Man" is scheduled for release in March of 2024.
Please join us on Monday, December 18th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Bobby Binford, an inmate in the Washington State Corrections system. Bobby is serving multiple life sentences for armed robbery, is Native American, and works as a mentor for younger men entering the system. He participates in Native-led spiritual practices inside