Have you been affected by rules introduced in January on sending mail to people in prison in Oregon? We're collecting stories from impacted families to help challenge this rule and we will firmly oppose additional restrictions that cut off family ties without clear evidence. www.ojrc.info/mail-rule

Coming up Thursday at noon - make sure you register for this webinar on restoring the right to vote for citizens in prison. It can be done, right here in Oregon. Register here: bit.ly/3UZfEh9

"No matter how you look at solitary, it can ONLY be viewed as punishment. I say that because solitary is a form of torture. To put a person in a box without human contact does nothing to keep them or others safe." #SolitaryConfinementIsTorture boltsmag.org/designed-to-...

Health inspectors in Washington are close to gaining access to the immigration detention center in Tacoma, where many Oregonians are also sent. They've been trying for years to get inside to assess conditions. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/16/w...

Join us and Common Cause Oregon for Unlock the Vote. Think of it as voting while incarcerated 101. Find out why we believe ensuring citizens don’t lose the right to vote while incarcerated strengthens our democracy. Get your questions answered. Register here: bit.ly/3UZfEh9 youtu.be/awJ3VSo3KJs

Immigration advocates say if you see ICE targeting someone, knowing what to do in the moment is critical to protecting immigrants. It’s hard to know what to look for, but this guide can help you better understand how to be an effective bystander in Oregon, and your legal right to do so.

We'd like to say a huge thank you to our sponsors and community partners for making THIS IS INNOCENCE possible, in particular our Mobilizers: Angeli & Calfo, Levi Merrithew Horst, and Levine & McHenry. We're already looking forward to next year's event!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at THIS IS INNOCENCE. Your presence and your support for our work helped make the evening feel truly special. Together, we helped advance our mission to free innocent people from prison. Check out the photos: www.oregoninnocence.org/this-is-inno...

This is the DOJ report on far-right extremism and violence that the current administration does not want you to know about. Be sure to spread this as far and as wide as possible. web.archive.org/web/20250911...

Gift Link www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/...

🧵 Thread: New Report by National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@nacdl.org) Reveals How Federal Restitution Law Fails Both Defendants & Victims www.nacdl.org/newsrelease/...

🗳️ Thursday, September 25. Unlock the Vote with us and Common Cause Oregon. Register now. bit.ly/3UZfEh9

KOIN joined us ahead of our benefit last night to learn more about our work to free innocent Oregonians and spread awareness about why this work matters. www.koin.com/news/oregon/...

“The Multnomah County jail system’s health director is on paid administrative leave as of Aug. 29, just over seven months after he was hired, officials said.” www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

🧵 We’re offering free Know Your Rights trainings for Oregon businesses, nonprofits, and community groups. This is to help you get ready in case of encounters with ICE. Sign up today! forms.office.com/r/VEwBPu3sqv

Ticket sales end TODAY (Sept 10) at 5:00pm! Get yours here: www.oregoninnocence.org/this-is-inno...

🧵 In an op-ed by @nacdl.org President Andrew Birrell & Executive Director Lisa Wayne, the authors describe a stark reality: "The government ran out of money to pay for justice." They explain that the funding crisis is not due to waste or fraud but is a "conscious decision by Congress."

We’re just a few days away from THIS IS INNOCENCE, our annual benefit that supports our work to free wrongfully convicted Oregonians. All the proceeds will fund vital legal services for innocent people seeking to clear their names. Tickets: www.oregoninnocence.org/this-is-inno...

Immigrants are an integral part of our communities — they are our neighbors, classmates, coworkers, and the essential workers who keep Oregon’s economy and communities strong. Oregon is their home, too. 📞 Report ICE activity: Call the PIRC Hotline at 1-888-622-1510 🔗 OregonforAll.us/resources

🌟 We’re hiring: Oregon for All Statewide Organizer 🌟 📍Location: Oregon (hybrid with the option to work out of Woodburn or Salem) 💵 Salary: $55k–$60k + benefits (12-month position, with possibility to renew) 🕒 Hours: Full-time, some evenings & weekends static1.squarespace.com/static/677db...

We're hiring! Seeking a Staff Attorney to join our Women's Justice Project. You'll provide legal services to people incarcerated at Oregon's women's prison and focus on reducing barriers to successful reentry back into the community. www.ojrc.info/work-with-us

The longtime fear-mongering about crime in major cities is, of course, copaganda and is being used as a pretext for occupation. It has more to do with criminalizing and controlling specific populations i.e. Black, brown, unhoused, and poor people, and not others.

OJRC legal assistant and former critical care nurse Angela Kim shares her experiences on both sides of the prison healthcare system—first as a provider, then as an incarcerated patient— and how it shaped her commitment to transforming healthcare, justice, and accountability. kboo.fm/media/129212...

What happened at SCOTUS today is alarming: The right-wing majority allowed the Trump admin, as part of its sweeping immigration raids, to racially profile Spanish-speaking people who look Latino at certain low-wage job sites in the Los Angeles area while litigation challenging the raids is ongoing.

New: I wrote for Rolling Stone about the "rapid deployment units" Trump has ordered Hegseth to have at the ready. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

“A class-action suit can proceed against Multnomah County, ex-Sheriff Mike Reese and two former corrections supervisors alleging they failed to protect prisoners from tear gas that seeped into the county’s downtown Portland jail during 2020 protests […]” www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

NEW from @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court’s ban on immigration agents' racial profiling of Latinos in Southern California, backing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

More than 1,000 people die in the custody of sheriffs every year.

THREE more days until THIS IS INNOCENCE, our annual benefit that supports the Oregon Innocence Project—a program that works to free wrongfully convicted Oregonians. Proceeds will fund vital legal services for innocent people seeking to clear their names. Tix: www.oregoninnocence.org/this-is-inno...

Join us on September 25 at 12:00pm Pacific for a virtual panel discussion on restoring voting rights for citizens in prison. Register here: bit.ly/3UZfEh9

This is a remarkable summary by @asharangappa.bsky.social of the anti-democratic and interconnected players behind the dismantling of American democracy and a frightening roadmap of where we already are and are ultimately heading…great essay. open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

A group of exonerees is calling on Texas authorities to prevent the wrongful execution of Robert Roberson on 10/16/25 for a crime that never occurred. Read the letter and watch the virtual press conference. Letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1f4cJ... Press conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwL...

Celebrating two years of freedom for our former client Jesse Johnson! Jesse is Oregon’s first death row exoneree. He was wrongfully convicted and spent 25 years in prison and jail, 17 of them on death row. youtube.com/shorts/uwVu9...

🚨 Oregon’s Sanctuary Law keeps us safe from racial profiling & ensures no one fears calling the police because of their status. Now, Marion County is suing to challenge it. Tell them: Drop this wasteful lawsuit and defend our law. 🔗 www.oregonforall.us/defendoursan...

‘What could we build instead of prisons?’: New projects at the intersection of abolition and design prismreports.org/2025/08/28/a...

🧵 <Thread> Thoughts on federal militarization of civilian spaces and crime policy 1. Authoritarians NEED to use Fear to consolidate power, and always turn to crime NEVER separate what people in power SAY is their purpose from what they are ACTUALLY trying to do www.hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries...

#BREAKING: Fifth Circuit (Southwick & Ramirez, JJ.) holds that President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua is unlawful, and blocks AEA removals in the Northern District of Texas (over a lengthy dissent from Judge Oldham): www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

Have you purchased your tickets? Have you read the book written by our special guest, Calvin Duncan? If not, you still have time! Please join us next week for THIS IS INNOCENCE: an evening of uplifting stories, justice fulfilled, and determined hope. Tickets: forms.donorsnap.com/Form/Index/5...

BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social

WE’RE HIRING! Staff Attorney | Women’s Justice Project’s Re*Membering Legal Services Program Learn more and apply at the link below: www.ojrc.info/work-with-us

A good piece about the policy challenges of ICE masking and activist efforts to identify immigration agents (with great quotes from @jakelaperruque.bsky.social). www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Here in Oregon, this is the solitary confinement cell we put children in. Yes, children. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Join us in two weeks on September 11 in Portland for THIS IS INNOCENCE: an evening of uplifting stories, justice fulfilled, and determined hope. [1/4] www.oregoninnocence.org/this-is-inno...

"Earlier this summer, [Betz @ojrcenter.bsky.social] filed a federal lawsuit against the Oregon Youth Authority on behalf of a 17-year-old boy who said he was locked in a dirty, urine-soaked cell in MacLaren’s old isolation unit for 32 days in December 2023." www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...