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Big Wins from the Short 2024 Legislative Session
Oregon’s 2024 Legislative Session came and went in a flash, and we’re thrilled to report we had some big wins for people with disabilities, especially in healthcare!
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Hospitals Sweeping Patients with Mental Illness into Criminal Justice System
Our 2019 investigative report (“The ‘Unwanteds’: Looking for help, landing in jail”) into trespass arrests at six Portland hospitals revealed that too often the hospitals resorted to having people arrested when they won’t leave.