Multnomah County Started the New Year With 55 People Released From an Overcrowded Jail “If we don’t have court running it’s hard for us to keep our jail population in balance,” says MCSO spokesman Sgt. Brandon White.
The Computer System That Decides Who Stays in Jail Is Recommending the Release of People Accused of Violent Crimes Why are Portland’s serious offenders being released from jail instead of low-level violators?