A lady her was given 72 hours in cell for helping another lady move. Another lady got 48 hours because an officer did not believe her when she said she had to breast pump for her baby. These ladies have family members with terminal illnesses and newborn babies and they are not allowed to call there families during these cell-ins.
We have a lady who went into the house she used to live in with her abusive ex-boyfriend to try to get her stuff back. She was charged with robbery and got several years in prison. Another lady’s ex-husband would say he needed to come into the house and get his stuff but when the she told him no the court sided with him. The system is clearly slanted and discriminatory against women and the fact that there is no self-defense law in Oregon only adds to this. We think fair treatment in Oregon requires stopping the practice of siding with abusive men and adding to the abuse of women in prison.