Media
Our major areas of work are:
Mass incarceration and prison industrial complex abolition
Actual innocence and wrongful convictions
Excessive sentencing and harsh punishments
Women in the criminal justice system
Youth justice and fair sentencing of youth
The intersection of criminal law and immigration law known as "crimmigration"
The death penalty
Re-entry and the collateral consequences of convictions
Civil rights of people intersecting with the criminal justice system and law enforcement
Primary media contact
Alice Lundell, Director of Communication. Contact us with media inquiries only at the form below. For other inquiries, use our main contact page.
Press releases, statements, and letters
2/29/24 Advocates demand answers on true costs of drug law changes
2/29/24 Fiscal Impact Statement letter to Oregon leaders
2/20/24 Racial and Ethnic Impact Statement request letter to Oregon leaders
2/5/24 Advocates warn against returning to War on Drugs-era laws allowing unfair convictions
11/3/23 Abortion rights of Oregonians in jail are under threat, finds new report
9/6/23 Oregon Innocence Project statement on the release of our former client Jesse Johnson
6/26/23 Letter of support for City of Portland U visa recommendations to the Portland Police Bureau
5/1/23 Spotlight shines on the rise of the constitutional sheriffs movement in Oregon