One lady at CCCF had her first offense when her boyfriend told her to drive when she was blacked out by opiates. She didn’t know the car was stolen, so when they were pulled over,she was the one given fifty months in prison, but her boyfriend only got 5 months and he had a record. She had no prior convictions. Now whenever she gets another conviction, another five months is automatically added to her sentence. This is the same lady who was given methadone and Oxycontin when she was twelve years old because she was in a car accident. At that young age to be put on opiates they almost programmed her for opiate addiction. This is also another example of how the state of Oregon discriminates against women.
Many of the ladies here have taken the blame for crimes their men have done and not just because of the system. Some women choose to do that out of love. We have never heard of a man taking charges for his woman. In fact, one woman was at the condo complex of her male friend the day she was accused of many crimes she didn’t do including murder 2. There was even a camera at the entrance and he never came forward to say she was with him that day.
Another lady was convicted of writing checks against her grandmother’s account but it was her boyfriend they had on camera cashing the checks. Women are often used as scapegoats both by the system and by men we think it’s time they should be accountable and stop putting the blame on women.