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Allen Ginsberg at Rockland State Hospital by Ted Chabasinski on Thursday, December 30, 2010 I have always been aware that Allen Ginsberg had been an inmate at Rockland State Hospital. Recently, after reading “Howl,” I realized that he and I had been at Rockland at the same time, he as a young man, myself as […]
From the Oregonian, December 30, 2010 A Multnomah County grand jury today found no criminal wrongdoing by Portland police Officers Jonathan D. Kizzar or Kelly Jenson in the fatal shooting Dec. 17 of 45-year-old Darryel Dwayne Ferguson. The transcripts of the testimony may be released late next week. Ferguson was shot as he emerged from […]
Dear Members of Oregon’s Mental Health Recovery and Addictions Recovery Communities: The Consumer/Survivor & Addictions Advisory Council is seeking applications for appointment to the Council from individuals representing all sectors of the Oregon mental health and addictions recovery community. The Consumer/Survivor & Addictions Advisory Council is a formal advisory body to the State Addictions and […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, December 29, 2010 An Oregon State Hospital patient apparently committed suicide Monday night in a single-person bedroom in the hospital’s forensic psychiatric program, officials said Tuesday. The female patient died on Ward 50I, a medium-security forensic unit that houses more than two-dozen men and women. A staffer reportedly found the […]
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