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As Portland officials have decried the @Oregonian’s finding that 52% of all arrests in the city are of homeless people, the number of homeless people booked into jail has continued to grow each year: My last story for @Oregonian
published this morning. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

Booking homeless Portlanders into jail is endless, expensive cycle that arrests don’t curb, but...

Since 2017, Portland police have arrested and booked into jail more homeless people each year, an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive found. But arresting and jailing people living on the street...

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

Data genius and journalist extraordinaire @iff_or got Multnomah County Jail booking data to find this stat. And also this more disturbing number: That 87% of homeless people booked in 2016 were re-booked in a 3-year window. That’s 57% for housed people. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

Booking homeless Portlanders into jail is endless, expensive cycle that arrests don’t curb, but...

Since 2017, Portland police have arrested and booked into jail more homeless people each year, an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive found. But arresting and jailing people living on the street...

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

And those bookings? 51% were for four charges alone: criminal trespass in the second degree, theft in the second and third degrees and disorderly conduct.

These are low-level crimes that many experts say are nearly unavoidable for homeless people. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

Booking homeless Portlanders into jail is endless, expensive cycle that arrests don’t curb, but...

Since 2017, Portland police have arrested and booked into jail more homeless people each year, an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive found. But arresting and jailing people living on the street...

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

But @iff_or and I also found that this cycle of arrest and re-arrest can change, and the thing that changes it is housing — even temporary housing like shelter or recovery housing. That finding holds true as homeless censuses and shelter options change. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

Booking homeless Portlanders into jail is endless, expensive cycle that arrests don’t curb, but...

Since 2017, Portland police have arrested and booked into jail more homeless people each year, an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive found. But arresting and jailing people living on the street...

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

What’s the takeaway? That Portland Street Response is still in the offing, and little else has been done to change the fact that arrest and jail is not ending homelessness or their cycle of crimes.

But housing appears to do that. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

Booking homeless Portlanders into jail is endless, expensive cycle that arrests don’t curb, but...

Since 2017, Portland police have arrested and booked into jail more homeless people each year, an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive found. But arresting and jailing people living on the street...

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/booking-homeless-portlanders-into-jail-is-endless-expensive-cycle-that-arrests-dont-curb-but-housing-does.html

Here’s the methodology that @iff_or wrote for how we did the analysis: https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/housing-makes-a-difference-in-homeless-arrest-rate-how-we-analyzed-the-data.html

Housing makes a difference in homeless arrest rate: How we analyzed the data

An analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive found that homeless people who have even temporary housing are less likely to be booked into jail in Multnomah County than people living on the street. Here is...

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/housing-makes-a-difference-in-homeless-arrest-rate-how-we-analyzed-the-data.html

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