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Too little, too late in prisons

October 21, 2000
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, October 21, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. The numbers vary little across state corrections departments: 70-80 percent of prisoners have alcohol and drug problems relating to their criminality. Oregon’s 10,469 prison inmates fit that profile. Three-quarters have a history of criminal activity directly related to alcohol […]

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Seeing people in a different light:

October 6, 2000
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From The Oregonian, October 2, 2000 – not elsewhere online ‘In A Different Light’ performance group was a project of the Mental Health Association of Portland from 2003 until 2008. Pauline Furness died in 2003. The surprise that taught her lessons for life happened when Pauline was 7 and her mother took her to another […]

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