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February 19, 2025

Community Perspective: Pushed to the Brink: The Mental Health Crisis at Red Onion State Prison

By Community Perspective

A contributed perspectives piece by Victoria Shrieves

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October 21, 2019

Criminal justice forum showcases experiences of the formerly incarcerated

By Graham Schiltz, Contributor

Phillip Newborn hasn’t had an easy life. He grew up in a home that grew marijuana and made whiskey — both things his parents, and eventually he, abused. He fractured his spine in three places in a tractor-trailer accident and recently suffered a heart attack.

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