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OREGON STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN SALEM, ORE., MAY 19, 2021./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB
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PAMELA WINN, A REGISTERED NURSE BY TRAINING, WAS PREGNANT WHEN INCARCERATED IN 2008. AFTER A MISCARRIAGE, SHE WAS PUT INTO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR WHAT SHE WAS TOLD WAS MEDICAL OBSERVATION. THAT EIGHT MONTHS IN SOLITARY SCARRED HER FOR LIFE, SHE SAYS./KATJA RIDDERBUSCH/KHN
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A courtroom at Multnomah County Circuit Court.
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The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem is the oldest prison in Oregon and the only maximum security institution operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections./Ericka Cruz Guevarra/OPB
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Sen. Jeff Merkley at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2019.
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