Oregon’s women’s prison in crisis – ranging from treatment of prisoners to chronic understaffing, outside review finds

Prisoners at Oregon’s only women’s prison say they face retaliation for complaining about sexual misconduct, pay exorbitant fees to call their children and are forced to wear ill-fitting bras because of paltry commissary offerings.

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility serves a population with high mental health and substance abuse treatment needs but faces chronic and severe understaffing and disagreements between staff who provide mental health care to prisoners and those who guard them.

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