Behind The Eleventh Door One Year Later: DRO’s First Annual Report – Progress To Improve Conditions At The Behavioral Health Unit Of The Oregon State Penitentiary

On April 25, 2017, Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) released this report regarding progress to improve conditions at the Behavioral Health Unit of the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP). The report outlines progress toward the goals of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between DRO and the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) one year prior. The report notes that ODOC and its retained expert, Dr. Dvoskin, have worked diligently to improve the leadership and operation of the Unit, have been open to DRO suggestions, and have partially achieved a number of the goals of the MOU. However, DRO claims that some of the . . .