NEW: Internal emails show ShotSpotter keeps its sensors online and continues to provide gunshot detection alerts to police departments in cities where its contracts were canceled.

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Cops kill Native Americans at a rate 5X that of whites and 3X of Blacks. Why? democratherald.com/news/nation-wo…

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and Corrections Health briefed the Board of Commissioners on recent steps taken to prevent in-jail deaths on April 23, after seven inmates died in Multnomah County jails between May and October of 2023.
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“In Oregon, prison commissaries sold eight hearing aid batteries for $11.49. However, Target sells an eight-pack for $6.50.”

Locked In, Priced Out: How Prison Commissary Price-Gouging Preys on the Incarcerated - The Appeal theappeal.org/locked-in-pric…

Washington state imprisons Native Americans at a rate 6x higher than white people, according to Prison Policy Init.. What's driving this?
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“Cities already have the ability to move camps, to move tents. They could do so with notice. They can do so with their police or with other entities […]” Chavez said. “What cities apparently want is to be able to also jail & fine people for being houseless.” #JohnsonVGrantsPass

Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows the Deadly Cost. themarshallproject.org/2024/04/18/cov…

“The plan comes after an unprecedented string of seven inmate deaths last year and a subsequent report by a National Institute of Corrections consultant that found ‘serious health care and operations issues in the Multnomah jail system.’”

“And perhaps the greatest example of a reversal on progressive policy was in Oregon, where earlier this month the governor signed legislation recriminalizing the possession of such drugs as heroin and cocaine just three years after the state became the first to decriminalize it.”

What's it look like to advocate for people who use drugs in a part of Oregon where such people are routinely villainized and pushed to the fringes? It's not easy work. opb.org/article/2024/0…

For almost 2 years, we awaited an update on Melissa Lucio, who was nearly executed in 2022. Turns out the DA quietly signed an agreement to vacate her conviction, admitting that the state hid exculpatory evidence. She should soon be free. w/Jordan Smith theintercept.com/2024/04/22/mel…

U.S. Supreme Court justices seem split on how far to go to allow cities to regulate homelessness oregonlive.com/crime/2024/04/…

Today, U.S. Supreme Court justices will hear arguments about how Grants Pass enforces its camping ban. Meanwhile in Portland, elected officials are also arguing about how to reduce the visibility of homelessness. wweek.com/news/city/2024…

The case comes from the rural Oregon town of Grants Pass, which started fining people $295 for sleeping outside to manage homeless encampments that sprung up in the city's public parks as the cost of housing escalated. #LiveOnKVAL

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Today, #SCOTUS will hear a case that could severely criminalize homelessness.

Formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public – and this ruling could devastate an already vulnerable population. 🧵

No one should be punished for being unable to afford rent or a home.

My colleagues, advocates & I called on SCOTUS to choose housing NOT handcuffs & reject efforts to criminalize our unhoused communities.

Today, the Supreme Court will hear Johnson v. Grants Pass.
To learn more about the case, visit johnsonvgrantspass.com.
National Coalition for the Homeless
End Homelessness
Invisible People ➤ Imagine Everyone With a Home
Dana White
Community Solutions
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“This case is about housing justice, racial justice, LGBTQ+ equality, disrupting a poverty to prison cycle, and whether we want to be a nation where everyone, regardless of background, productivity under capitalism, or lack of resources can survive.” @itsdanawhite Miriam's Kitchen