Month: December 2022

In Oregon we have a lot of manipulation of laws for personal gain of the authorities and officials. One lady at CCCF was given 5 years for unlawful use of a firearm. She had never used the firearm. It was only found on her person. Another lady was given the same charge and there never even was a firearm. We need to start holding officials and authorities accountable for these injustices.

The Segregation Unit at CCCF is full right now – during the holidays! One lady is back in here for extortion and she did not even know what extortion means. Another lady is in seg for assault and she never even touched anyone. Ladies are not given any of their property in seg, including address books, envelopes, writing paper, etc. They are offered a phone call for Christmas, but it they do not know the phone number from memory they cannot make the call. If they do not have money to buy envelopes they cannot even write a letter home for the holidays.

Ladies are put in cells with other ladies that have PTSD reactions, anxiety, and other problems that cause them to freak out. The other lady in the cell when this happens is forced to deal with it, which often means fighting. When ladies are caught fighting they are given at least a month in Segregation. There they are not even allowed to call their families to give them a heads up that they won’t be able to call or write. Ladies caring for small children or relatives that are not in good health need communication to handle responsibilities for their families. We say segregation in prisons needs to be abolished.

One lady at CCCF was sent to segregation (during the holidays) for saying “what” to an officer when she was put into a cell where there was blood on the walls, which is a biohazard. When she complained about it the officer wrote her up for being racist. Many other ladies know this lady and she is nice to everybody. Then the officer responsible for packing her things broke her TV.

Another lady here was sent to segregation for taking a bite of food when she was on a liquid diet. It is obvious that officers abuse the power they have over us whenever they can.

Officers in the segregation unit told a lady she can’t go outside because they know she will have a psychotic break. They say it is part of her “rehabilitation” but we say it is harassment and bullying. They wait until we are vulnerable and then they do things to purposely provoke us. We saw one lady being taken out of her cell with 7 officers there, one in full body armor. He wrestled her to the ground and then put her in a George Floyd type of hold and then threatened her with applied pressure. We say this aggressive and predatory policing needs to stop.

One man at Oregon State Prison was ordered by a judge not to pay retribution fines. But when he got to prison they started to take it from him anyway. We say leave our bank accounts alone and stop stealing from us.

We are all excited about the passing of bill 112. Now they can’t force injured and sick prisoners to work. Also, no more slave wages of $11 a day. We are also excited to have Tina Kotek as our new governor. She had mentioned wanting the release of 60% of ladies at CCCF. We say it’s about time they did something about all the wrongful convictions, false arrests, and over-sentencing that goes on in the state of Oregon.

The segregation unit at CCCF continues to be an inhumane place for “punishment”. Aren’t they being punished enough already by being separated from their families on the holidays? In here, ladies are subject to the officer’s moods on whether or not they get a shower, eat, or even get toilet paper or clean their cell. Officers have been known to give ladies extra food and privileges that have beat up other ladies in the prison. We say it’s time to do away with segregation in prisons, just as President Biden promised on his campaign for presidency. Please write to him with your letters of support at:

The White House
Office of the President
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC 20500