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Polk County Itemizer-Observer – February 24, 2021 Polk County must hold Daniel Hauge-Cook until state mental hosptial has space DALLAS — Polk County law enforcement officials are worried about the well being of an inmate in their custody at the jail. While Daniel Hauge-Cook waits for an opening at the Oregon State Mental Hospital, officials […]
From OPB.org May 15, 2020 The family of a woman who died in the Josephine County Jail in 2018 filed a lawsuit last month against the county, sheriff and private medical companies responsible for her care. On Sept. 5, 2018, Janelle Marie Butterfield hanged herself in her segregation cell. Butterfield’s case was first reported by […]
A new report released June 17, 2019 from Disability Rights Oregon’s Mental Health Rights Project reveals that Portland-area hospitals rely on the police to arrest and remove patients with mental health conditions who are seeking care or have been recently discharged. The report is titled, “The ‘Unwanteds’:Looking for Help Landing in Jail.” READ – “The […]
From KATU.com, November 8, 2018 READ – Corrections Grand Jury 2018 Report – Review of the Correctional Facilities In Multnomah County, Oregon (PDF) A corrections grand jury highlighted concerns related to mental illness, staffing and overcrowding in Multnomah County jails in an annual report card released Thursday. In the past year the county was forced […]
Portland Observer – July 19, 2018 Works with drug addicted, homeless to change outcomes A pilot project shows promise as a way of helping people struggling with serious drug addictions, many of whom living on the street, get connected with social services and treatment, instead of continuing to cycle through the criminal justice system. In […]
The Eugene Register-Guard – NOV. 14, 2017 Lincoln County has agreed to pay $2.85 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill inmate who died in a county jail cell in 2015. A judge approved the settlement between the county and Waldport resident Bradley Steven Thomas’ family on […]
The Dalles Chronicle – November 10, 2017 Last month, Regional Jail Administrator Bryan Brandenburg described a recent day at the regional jail that stood out for a frustrating reason: at one point, every inmate in the booking area belonged in a mental health facility. Instead, as regularly happens, they were put behind bars. Booking felt […]
Oregonian, May 5, 2017 Male inmates with the most severe mental illnesses are allowed out of their cells for only a few hours on average each week despite a pledge last year by the Oregon Department of Corrections to increase the amount of time, a leading disability rights organization says. The finding is part of […]
From the Klamath Falls Herald and News March 2017 By Kristi Cardwell, who is a current graduate student at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. She is a graduate from Oregon Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s In Applied Psychology and has lived in Klamath Falls, Oregon since 1998. The State of Oregon […]
In March 2017 Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) released, “A Merry Go Round That Never Stops: Mental Illness in the Multnomah County Detention Center.” Staff attorney Sarah Radcliffe authored the report following an extensive investigation. The report finds that, in many ways, prisoners at the local jail are punished for having a mental illness. Treatment and […]
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