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... personal and community safety. We are based in Portland, Oregon, and work across the state. We also serve as a "regional ... She is the co-editor (with Peter Wagner) of The Prison Index—Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry (2003) and co-author ...

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About the Groups That Brought You the Prison Index The Prison Policy Initiative The Prison Policy Initiative conducts ... over-reliance on incarceration in the western states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Nevada. WPP provides ...

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... Prisons in the Incarceration Boom and The Prison Index – Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry . These ... media campaign focusing on our VOICE Project in Oregon, Montana and Utah. We received widespread and favorable media attention ...

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... . Key Report Findings for our Region: Oregon: Between 1985 and 2000, total state spending on corrections (general fund and all other sources) in Oregon grew by 600%, while total state spending on higher education declined by ... using the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index inflation calculator. (Across the Region, Regional, ...

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