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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 06 > If measures pass, prison for women could see huge influx

If measures pass, prison for women could see huge influx

By Cindy Powers / The Bulletin
July 6, 2008

If either of two measures on the November ballot passes, a swell in the number of Oregon’s female prisoners will overwhelm the state’s corrections system.

The only prison that houses women in the state will near or exceed capacity, according to prison officials.

And the....

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