Transforming Justice in Oregon: Racism, Protests and COVID-19
Shades of Freedom
English - October 28, 2020 20:05 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBSociety & Culture aspen institute criminal justice justice justice reform police prisons race social justice Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The path to justice will be different in each community. Founded in the late 1800s with a state constitution that specifically excluded Black Americans, Oregon’s current criminal justice system’s struggles are built on that legacy.
Our guest in this episode is Bobbin Singh, founding Executive Director of the Oregon Justice Resource Center. He discusses Oregon’s past and how that history influences its current policing response to protests and the prison system’s response to COVID-19, as well as calls on Oregon to recognize its past in order to transform its criminal legal system.
To learn more:
Oregon Justice Resource Center
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