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Month: January 2019

Costly, ineffective, cruel: How Oregon ensnares mentally ill people charged with low-level crimes

January 28, 2019
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| Courts

From the Oregonian – Gordon Friedman, January 27, 2019 Early one Monday last November, police arrested Kobe Yandell for napping in the lobby of a downtown Portland skyscraper. Officers took the wiry 21-year-old, who is homeless and has schizophrenia, to the Multnomah County jail, where he spent the next 52 days in isolation. A trespassing […]

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Development of 333 SW Park Avenue

January 17, 2019
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| Mental Health

This post will contain the records and media about the Multnomah County facility to be located at 333 SW Park Avenue. First public mention was January 17, 2018, but people – including supporters of this organization – have planned this project since 2012. Multnomah County Unveils Plans For Addiction and Mental Health Resource Center in […]

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Surprising career change for former Wheeler County sheriff

January 17, 2019
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| Law Enforcement

Eds. Note: In 2006 Chris Humphreys beat James Chasse, a man with schizophrenia, to death on the streets of Portand. He was not held accountable by the Portland Police Bureau or his colleague officers, or his employers at the City of Portland. After a landmark settlement with the Chasse family and the award-winning documentary film […]

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Surprising career change for former Wheeler County sheriff

January 15, 2019
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| Law Enforcement, Police violence

East Oregonian, January 15, 2019 After seven years as Wheeler County Sheriff, Chris Humphreys found he could no longer connect with his family. The “gloom” in his head just wouldn’t go away. “I was never completely there,” he said, cleaning out his office during his last days on the job. “That’s a hard thing to […]

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