Portland Mercury

Oversight Questions Arise as Portland Pays to Clean Up Homeless Campsites

June 6, 2019 Thacher Schmid

This past Valentine’s Day, Lillian Blackwolf was sleeping in her tent in a place locals call the Pillars, named for the concrete columns that hold up the Interstate 205 overpass above the Springwater Corridor. That’s when a Rapid Response Bio … Continue reading Oversight Questions Arise as Portland Pays to Clean Up Homeless Campsites

Guardian

‘Straight up bullshit’: inmates paid $1 to clear homeless camps they once lived in

August 11, 2017March 20, 2018 Thacher Schmid

In Portland, which prides itself on being a beacon of progressive politics, the practice of using prisoner work crews is painted as a win-win – but that’s not how some see it In many places in the US, the fraught … Continue reading ‘Straight up bullshit’: inmates paid $1 to clear homeless camps they once lived in