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Month: February 2021

Dangerous county jail inmate sits in legal limbo

February 24, 2021
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| Courts, Mental Health, Prisons

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 […]

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Oregon Law Enforcement Shootings – 2020

February 5, 2021
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| Addiction, Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Police violence

Below are a list of all persons shot and killed, shot and wounded, shot at and not killed, and killed by a conducted electrical weapon (CEW), also known as a Taser, in Oregon, in 2020, by state certified law enforcement. No officers received discipline for any of these incidents from their employers. No county district […]

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Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council members named

February 4, 2021
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| Addiction, Advocacy

The Oregon Health Authority is pleased to announce the appointment of 21 members to serve on a new Oversight and Accountability Council (OAC) to oversee the implementation of Measure 110, the Drug Treatment and Recovery Act. The appointees represent a wide variety of communities and perspectives, in keeping with OHA’s mission to expand health equity […]

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Diane Wade House

February 1, 2021
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| Addiction, Housing

Multnomah County to ‘close out,’ revamp transitional home for Black women leaving prison after evaluator’s critical report From The Oregonian – February 1, 2021 Multnomah County plans to completely revamp its first transitional residential program for Black women leaving prison after a critical report described a climate of “fear and mistrust,” poor communication and the […]

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