Value of state’s prisons deserves broader view
"I think your article was one-sided, biased and incomplete. For some reason you only used the Director of Corrections as your named source. There is a broader point of view." more >
Dispute between victims group and Pew Center
"From 1995 to 2006, while Oregon’s prison population doubled, our violent crime rate decreased by 46%, the second-largest decrease of any state during that period. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission estimated that increased incarceration from 1995 to 2005 resulted in 98,786 crimes being avoided in 2005 alone." more >
