Nearly 120 PSJ members and concerned Oregonians came together on Saturday, April 5th for our first Statewide Annual Gathering which was a resounding success! The day was devoted to providing the information and tools necessary to defeat the mandatory minimum measure that will be on Oregon’s ballot in November.

The Therapeutic Community TEAM Program is an intensive drug treatment program at South Idaho Correctional Institution. The program has a 77% success rate and has had 601 graduates since 2001.

A bill that recently passed in both houses of the Idaho legislature has the potential to make it nearly impossible for groups to operate housing for people transitioning from prison to the community.

Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna says he promotes open government and access to information – except when the people seeking information are incarcerated. Attorney General McKenna is requesting that the legislature pass Senate Bill 6294 and House Bill 3219 which restrict prisoners’ access to public information.

Idaho’s Governor C. L. Butch Otter has given up on plans to let private corporations build and operate prisons in Idaho.