Tools to Promote Safer Communities

House Bill 2002 was a thoroughly crafted and heavily negotiated bill. It should have passed, yet the BIPOC-community-led effort fell short by the smallest margin because of a Senate leadership failure to back it.

Members of the coalition that created House Bill 2002 explain why the system must change

Partnership for Safety and Justice talks with Latino Network’s Alejandra Galindo about listening to survivors’ stories

Oregon voters were clear: Jail beds and arrests don’t solve substance use disorders, treatment and recovery services do.

It’s time to divest in prisons and invest in BIPOC crime survivors and communities instead

If we want to reduce our reliance on prisons and jails, we have to reduce homelessness

Voters face a choice: maintain Oregon’s sanctuary status or further deepen racial disparities in our criminal justice system

Teens do better outside of detention, says attorney DeAnna Horne, who will participate in a panel exploring the policy’s impact on youths, as well as reform efforts led by state lawmakers

At Partnership for Safety and Justice, one of our core beliefs is that crime victims and people who have committed crimes have a shared interest in transformation of the criminal justice system.

Oregon legislators are considering a bill that reflects these preferences