House Bill 2890 would expand access to behavioral health care in state-run corrections facilities, where 90% of prisoners are eventually released
May 8, 2023
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Outside of a small pilot program, there is no intensive drug and alcohol treatment at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, a maximum-security prison housing more than 1,700 prisoners.
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COURTESY OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
When a prisoner wins a scarce spot in the treatment program for addiction at the Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem, it’s lik
