Governor Brown: Reduce Prison Use

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Use the form below to tell Gov. Kate Brown you’re concerned for the health of people who are incarcerated and working in Oregon’s prisons, their families, and the surrounding communities who are at risk of being exposed.

Despite inadequate testing and minimal transparency from the state, we know COVID-19 is already spreading among inmates and corrections officers in Oregon prisons. Our state prisons are crowded, making effective social distancing is impossible. Inaction from the governor will unfairly impact people of color, who are both overrepresented in Oregon prisons and are disproportionately contracting and dying from COVID-19.

Once the virus invades the prison environment, it can quickly turn into an outbreak and overwhelm community health resources. People cycle in and out of prisons everyday, including corrections staff, delivery workers, and people who are detained. This virus can’t be locked in or out.

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Governor Kate Brown Has the Responsibility & Power to Act Now

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Dear Gov. Brown,

I am concerned for the health of Oregonians who are incarcerated and work in our jails and prisons, their families, and the surrounding communities who are at risk of being exposed to COVID-19. Reducing the prison population is an urgently necessary step to protect public health in our state.

You have the responsibility and power to act now. COVID-19 is already spreading among inmates and corrections officers in Oregon prisons. Our state prisons are crowded, and social distancing is impossible.

Inaction will unfairly impact people of color, who are both overrepresented in Oregon prisons and are disproportionately contracting and dying from COVID-19.

Our public safety system is skilled and experienced at safely transitioning people out of prison and many people can safely return to loved ones and join the rest of the state in sheltering at home to avoid contracting and spreading this virus. We need to quickly activate these processes to reduce the risks to the lives and health of Oregonians.

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There have already been serious outbreaks of COVID-19 in prisons and jails in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Louisiana, and more. It’s spreading here.

Please follow the guidance of public health experts who have warned that we must reduce Oregon’s prison population.

Sincerely,

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Governor Brown: Reduce Prison Use

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