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Banishment by Design

The Hidden Costs and Institutional Betrayal of Central Oregon's Sweeps

City sweeps push unhoused people out of town. Federal closures push them out of the woods. The shelter math has never added up.

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Who's Best Interest?

Public Defense in Deschutes County

Oregon operated a flat-fee indigent defense system its own commissioned investigators called unconstitutional.

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Measuring Protective Order Outcomes in Oregon

A claims-based proposal for OHA review

Oregon serves thousands of protective orders each year, yet has no localized way to see what happens to the people involved after service.

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How Deschutes County Monetizes Abuse and Crises

The case number is how the system bills for you.

A victim of psychological abuse who is believed early costs money. A victim of psychological abuse who is pushed until they react, then arrested, generates it.

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Contemplating Immunity

The Structure of Accountability

Federal action runs in both directions. Legislative proposals to abolish qualified immunity have been introduced repeatedly and have not passed. Any account that presents only the abolition track misstates the current posture.

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A Public Health Approach to the Evolution of Abuse

How Judicial Involvement and Psychological Entrapment Drive Suicide Rates

She left jail before I did; months later, she took her own life. She was not an outlier. She was a human data point in a pattern this state has not yet acknowledged.

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