From the Salem Statesman Journal, December 18, 2010 Current governor had refused to meet with federal lawyers, but Kitzhaber might agree to a first face-to-face in February Talks between state officials and the U.S. Justice Department are planned for early next year, opening a new, high-level line of communication in the expanding federal investigation of […]
Jonathan M. Smith, Special Litigation Section U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Dear Mr. Smith and colleagues, Supporters of our organization appreciate your letter to Attorney General John Kroger, dated November 17, noting the Department of Justice’s intent to enlarge the scope of the ongoing investigation of the Oregon State […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, November 20, 2010 Now what? That question looms for Oregon leaders in the wake of a letter sent last week to Attorney General John Kroger by a top lawyer in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. The two-page letter, which arrived on the eve of Thursday’s […]
Dear OSH Advisory Board Members: I have some news to share with you regarding the USDOJ investigation of the hospital. After yesterday’s meeting, I learned that the Attorney General received a letter indicating that the USDOJ was expanding the scope of its investigation at the Oregon State Hospital to include community-based mental health services. I […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, November 14, 2010 State officials will gather in Salem on Thursday for a ceremony hailing the looming opening of a “world-class” psychiatric facility that will replace the aged and obsolete Oregon State Hospital. Officials tout a new era of progressive care —changes that could resolve a four-year federal investigation into […]
Unsigned opinion editorial from The Oregonian, October 22, 2010 You may think the death of James P. Chasse Jr. has been exhaustively examined. Sadly, it seems, that’s not entirely the case. The mentally ill musician’s Sept. 17, 2006, death in police custody did not receive the flood-lamp treatment it deserved immediately. Hence, a swarm of […]
Oregon’s new mental hospital launches its first fully functioning section in early September, a historic milestone in the state’s push to peel away decades of neglect, decay and tragedy. A compact new kitchen facility, designed to whip up 60,000 meals per month in efficient fashion, will replace Oregon State Hospital’s maze-like existing kitchen, tucked away […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, July 2, 2010 The state remains at odds with federal investigators amid an expanding civil-rights investigation into the Oregon State Hospital. The gap emerged again Thursday as the state complied with a sweeping records request made by the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, which has been […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, June 26, 2010 $175,000 contract aims to help improve mental health care The state has hired a Pennsylvania-based firm to conduct a $175,000 “quality and compliance” review aimed at improving patient care at Oregon State Hospital. Liberty Healthcare’s looming review of the Salem psychiatric facility follows a series of investigations […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, June 10, 2010 A $4.8 million package of proposed budget cuts at the Oregon State Hospital includes a freeze on hiring administrators and a delay in hiring of staff for the second phase of hospital replacement project. But the understaffed and overcrowded psychiatric facility in Salem is moving forward with […]
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