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“In the short term,” she says, “we will be looking to existing resources at DCJ and in the jail to provide services to women.”įor male inmates staying in the treatment readiness dorm, it will add $18 per day to the cost of their jail stay. Martin says the county needs to find a way to include female inmates, as well. They may also participate in other existing jail programs, such as self-help groups and in-jail work programs. They will also have weekly one-on-one sessions with counselors and homework to complete. For inmates in the treatment readiness dorm, that time will be filled with treatment-oriented activities.įor five days each week, inmates will engage with group counseling twice a day. The average stay at Inverness Jail is about two weeks. Martin says getting offenders to start thinking about their drug and alcohol problems while they’re still on the inside will help some of them get past the “denial that people typically have before they’re ready for treatment.” Sheriff Dan Staton issued a statement in support of the program, saying, “If it reduces their recidivism, it could help alleviate pressure on jails as this population shifts back to local systems.” The program is a partnership between her department and the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. “We find that people aren’t always ready to fully engage in treatment just because they’ve been sentenced,” says Ginger Martin, deputy director of the county’s Department of Community Justice. The hope is that when inmates are escorted to treatment - straight from jail, courtesy of Multnomah County Probation - they are ready to get clean. The program is aimed at helping offenders who are required to enroll in rehab upon their release to understand how substances have negatively affected their lives.

1, a 59-bed dormitory inside Inverness Jail in Northeast Portland will exclusively house male inmates participating in a new drug and alcohol treatment readiness program. Global response: The World Health Organization guides the global response.The jailhouse experience might start to feel more like rehab for some Multnomah County inmates.Īs soon as Oct.

United States response: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leads the U.S. Oregon response: The Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Office of Emergency Management lead the state response. Oregon’s 124th COVID-19 death is a 71-year-old woman in Multnomah County, who tested positive on April 23 and died May 5 at Providence Portland Medical Center. Oregon’s 123rd COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old woman in Marion County, who tested positive on April 21 and died May 6 at Santiam Memorial Hospital. To see more case and county level data, please visit the Oregon Health Authority website, which OHA updates once a day: Oregon’s 122nd COVID-19 death is a 51-year-old man in Marion County, who tested positive on May 3 and died May 6 at Salem Hospital. During routine data reconciliation, a person was determined not to have been hospitalized during their COVID-19 illness. It was subtracted from Thursday’s state total, and the total number of cases in Benton County went down by one to reflect this change.Īlso, the number of hospitalizations in the 10-19 age group dropped by one. Note: During routine data reconciliation, a presumptive case originally reported as a Benton County case was later determined not to be a case. The new confirmed cases reported today are in the following counties: Clackamas (9), Clatsop (9), Deschutes (1), Lane (2), Linn (1), Marion (13), Morrow (1), Multnomah (30), Polk (2), Umatilla (3), Wasco (1), Washington (8). Oregon Health Authority reported 75 new confirmed cases and five new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 124, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 8 a.m.