Wapato Jail Again Touted as a Solution, This Time as a Recovery Center for COVID-19 Patients

A Formerly Homeless Man From the Oregon Coast Has a Plan to Save Wapato Jail

The City Council Plans to Review an Exemption to Portland’s Tree Code—But Too Late to Save Trees at the Star-Crossed Wapato Jail

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).

Homer Williams Hedges His Bets in the Portland City Council Race

Williams gives $1,500 to former legislator Jo Ann Hardesty after giving the same amount to her rival in the primary.

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.