ONTARIO — The men in the blues filed in and filled the bleachers, rows of denim stamped with the shield of the Oregon Department of Corrections and a single word in orange: “Inmate.” A few sat at a ...
On stifling days last summer, Reyes Miranda baked in his cell, the metal walls so hot to the touch that he worried he’d burn himself. At night, he slept on the cool concrete floor for relief. Miranda ...
The findings come after a session in which lawmakers failed to pass legislation that would have counted incarcerated individuals based on their original county of residence, rather than their prison’s ...