Audit: Multnomah County jail conditions worse for Black people, mentally ill
Read OPB's coverage of our jail conditions audit.
Read OPB's coverage of our jail conditions audit.
Read The Oregonian/Oregonlive's coverage of our jail conditions audit.
Read KOIN 6's coverage of our jail conditions audit.
Read the Portland Mercury's coverage of our audit of jail conditions.
This article on a COVID-19 omicron surge in county jails discusses a survey the Auditor's Office conducted in fall 2020. We asked people working in the jails about mask wearing and related topics.
The Board of County Commissioners on Thursday, Jan. 6, approved an ordinance to adopt the Multnomah County Commission Redistricting Plan.
Multnomah County Auditor said she doesn't think Joint Office was malicious or intentionally misleading
Auditor said she doesn't think Joint Office was malicious or intentionally misleading
Multnomah County auditor says there are discrepancies in homeless services
Jennifer McGuirk’s team found placements may have overstated by more than 20%.
Auditor Jennifer McGuirk raised concerns that the Joint Office of Homelessness (JOHS) may be misleading the public on the number of unhoused individuals that have found housing through its programs.
A report released by the Multnomah County Auditor showed the majority of the money received to help in COVID-19 recovery was directed toward housing and rent costs in the county.