Treated and Trapped

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

Today Jake Thomas speaks about his recent article called, "Treated and Trapped: Patients with a unique legal status remain stuck at the Oregon State Hospital for months as a shortage of community beds and bureaucratic delays stall their exit"

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org. 

Episode Credits:

Interview: Street Roots Correspondent Jake Thomas

Post-Production & Editing: Hana Francis