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Oregon Prison Report: Voices from the Inside

"It's becoming very apparent they are profiting off of our lives. There's no reform, only resentment until released."

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(Testimony from Critical Resistance PDX's (@criticalresistancepdx) Write Them All Campaign)

Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI)/ November 13th, 2020.

We received your letter and info about the Tax Stimulus deal.

Thank you very much for your outreach. We are interested in what your organization is about.

It has been very difficult living in prison during the pandemic. It's impossible to socially distance ourselves from one another and a lot of us work in laundry and actually wash all the linens from the local hospitals. So it's been nerve-racking to say the least.

We don't see any extra money for hazardous work conditions, and they put off any earned incremental pay raises for years on occasion.

The O.C.E. [Oregon Correctional Enterprises] industry uses inmates for very cheap labor and helps to create laws saying Oregon inmates have to hold jobs while incarcerated or we're subject to random punishment, such as loss of honor housing and incentive level.

It's becoming very apparent they are profiting off of our lives.

There's no reform, only resentment until released.

I would love to talk more with anyone interested and would love to hear more about your organization and ways we could contribute.

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