Prison Pipeline

What happens when the power of storytelling and theater reaches beyond prison walls? For some incarcerated individuals, the opportunity to step onto a stage, explore their emotions, and share their experiences can open doors to healing, self-discovery, and personal trans...

On Monday, October 19, at 6:30 PM, Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio joins in a conversation with David Collingsworth, host of The Prison Show, a longstanding Houston, Texas, radio program dedicated to incarcerated people and their families for a firsthand look at ...

Host Karen James speaks with law professor and death penalty legal scholar Corrina Barrett Lain about her book “Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection” that details how States are using lethal injection, widely considered the “humane” method o...

This Monday evening on Prison Pipeline, we’ll be speaking with Australian musician and activist Dean Lombard, a member of the Melbourne-based band The Phosphenes. Dean joins us for a conversation about music, social justice, immigration detention, Indigenous rights, and ...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Adolescent Behavioral Health in Oregon. The Oregon Legislature is out of session but during this interim period they get together regularly for legislative days during which committees meet to discuss topics and legislative concepts. Th...

In this episode of Prison Pipeline, Angela Kim speaks with Chris Lambert about incarceration, transformation, and what it means to rebuild a life after prison. Drawing from his own experiences, Chris reflects on the circumstances that led him to prison, the lessons he le...

This Monday on Prison Pipeline, we’ll be talking with Reiko Hillyer, a professor of history at Lewis & Clark College, about the Inside Out Prison Exchange Program. Hillyer has taught an Inside Out class called Crime and Punishment in the United States at Columbia River C...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Overdose Action Day. For 25 years, communities and organizations across the globe recognized International Overdose Awareness Day as a time to both honor loved ones who lost their lives to overdose and to raise awareness about the overd...

Host Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight in her new role as executive director at Partnership for Safety and Justice. PSJ is the leading public safety and criminal justice reform organization in Oregon transforming society’s response to crime thru innovative solutions ...

In this episode of Prison Pipeline, host Angela Kim talks with Martin about the journey from prison to purpose: what genuine rehabilitation looks like, the role education and self-reflection played in his transformation, and how people rebuild their identities after inca...