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@OJRCenter
Jun 1, 2020 • 10 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
Looks like we gained a bunch of followers over the weekend. If you're new here, let us tell you a little about ourselves, or visit our website ojrc.info
We're a nonprofit lawfirm founded in 2011 by @Bobbin_Singh and @emckeePDX. We provide free legal services to people in need, principally people in prison or jail, and we defend the civil rights of Oregonians.
We use a justice center model. That means we have 5 distinct projects that provide legal services and we house them under one roof to share support, administrative and communications services.
.@ORInnocence is our oldest program that helps wrongfully convicted Oregonians clear their names and advocates for reforms to prevent and address wrongful convictions. We've had two exonerations so far, including of Josh Horner, pictured here. Staff atty @plessered is on Twitter. Image
Our Women's Justice Project helps women at Coffee Creek prison with civil legal needs such as child custody, tribal enrollment, debts and much more. We also organize an annual Women in Prison Conference in Portland each fall for all interested in more gender-responsive justice.
Our Immigrant Rights Project provides personalized immigration legal advice to clients of #Oregon public defenders to help keep families together. PDs can learn more here: oregon.gov/opds/appellate… Co-director @emckeePDX is on Twitter.
Our Civil Rights Project is often in the news. Right now, we're suing the #Oregon Department of Corrections and Gov Brown over their handling of the COVID-19 crisis in prisons. Director @inafutureage is on Twitter.
Couple more staff to follow: Associate Director @am_wex and Director of Comms @AliceOJRC.
Finally, our Youth Justice Project works with youth (and adults convicted as youth, families, attorneys and more and helped pass historic reforms to youth sentencing in 2019. Watch for Trevor Walraven speaking at an event near you as the state opens back up. #SB1008. Image
None of this happens without you. Our clients need help and we don't charge them for it. If you can, a contribution in support of our work is tremendously appreciated. ojrc.info/donate

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New York City is not alone. There is a gap between the media coverage of shootings and the number of incidents in Portland.

This then, leads the public and lawmakers to call for increase police budgets and number of officers on the streets. Let's call it what it is: Copaganda. Image
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This report from Independent Police Review is called "Lessons Learned: City's response to protests exposed vulnerabilities in Portland's police accountability system," but we don't think the lesson has been learned.
portland.gov/sites/default/…
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Apr 18, 2022
"The [Portland] police bureau's own data shows that the rate of violent rate is almost half of what it was 30 years ago" -@elliottyoungpdx

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🧵Thread on crime rates in Portland 👇
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portlandoregon.gov/police/71978
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Now: Increased tough-on-crime rhetoric & policies
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