PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s been one year since Multnomah County launched an $8 million program meant to give people caught with drugs a choice: a jail cell or support. Around that same time, Oregon ...
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Scene from The hypocrite, engraving from a painting by Robert Smirke (1753-1845), illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume LIV, January 30, 1869. There is one psychological ...
As of September 1, 2024, there are 17 states with clear deflection pathways articulated in state law, steering people with substance use and/or mental health disorders away from incarceration, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Multnomah County deflection center that will serve as a touch point for drug users who wish to avoid jail time and instead opt for addiction treatment is set to open its ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — It's been nearly a year since Multnomah County opened its deflection center in Portland's Central Eastside, its original role envisioned as a place for law enforcement to take people ...