Willamette Week

Owner of Wapato Holding Out Hope for Using Facility to Serve Vulnerable People

The never used jail has long been a focus of efforts to find a solution to homelessness in Portland.

Portland Mayor Ends Hope of Wapato Jail Being Used as a Shelter or Treatment Center

The plan for Wapato is dead (again).

An Oregon Civil Rights Watchdog Says a Jail for the Homeless Is a Disastrous Plan

Bob Joondeph of Disability Rights Oregon says opening Wapato for the homeless would be a disaster.

Jordan Schnitzer Says Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Could Save Wapato Jail From the Wrecking Ball

The new owner of Wapato plans to tear it down—even though he thinks the empty jail should be a homeless shelter.

Jordan Schnitzer Says He’ll Demolish Empty Wapato Jail If He Can’t Find Funding to Make It a Homeless Shelter

Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith has renewed her push to open the never-used Wapato Jail as a shelter.

A Portland Man Is in Jail on Assault Charges After Allegedly Punching a Transgender Woman in Old Town

According the the police report, Timothy Emmett Walsh allegedly verbally harassed and then “punched [the victim] in the face several times.”

An Oregon Jail Housing Immigration Detainees Failed to Meet 81 Federal Rules. Here Are Six.

Guards routinely strip-searched detainees upon arrival at the jail, and each time a detainee met in person with an attorney.

A Man Facing a Retrial for Murder Says the Washington County Jail Is Improperly Keeping Him in Solitary Confinement

Rafael Mora-Contreras, 37, says in a case filed against Sheriff Matt Frohnhert that he was placed in solitary confinement without explanation or a chance to appeal

Murmurs: Portland City Hall Is Seeking New Management

In other news: A real estate firm reaps rewards from Wapato.

A Controversial Jail in The Dalles Says It Will Stop Turning Over Undocumented Immigrants to ICE Agents

Since late 2014, at least 62 people were booked into custody by immigration agents after the jail honored an ICE detainer.

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