Conrad Wilson
Oregon Public BroadcastingConrad Wilson is a reporter and producer covering criminal justice and legal affairs for OPB. Prior to coming to OPB, he was a reporter at Minnesota Public Radio. Before that he ran the news department at an NPR affiliate in Colorado. His work has aired on Marketplace and NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He has also written for Mashable, The Oregonian, Business Week, City Pages and The Christian Science Monitor. Conrad earned a degree in international political economics and journalism from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
-
Two Southern Oregon churches claim the state's limits on the size of religious gatherings amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic violate their constitutionally protected rights to free speech. -
The Baker County Circuit Court judge who vacated more than 20 of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's executive orders surrounding the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic told the state's Supreme Court he wouldn't back down from his decision. -
A group of churches challenging Gov. Kate Brown’s executive orders on the state’s response to COVID-19 filed their legal arguments with the Oregon Supreme Court on Friday. -
Three Oregon prison inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 have been hospitalized, the Department of Corrections has confirmed. -
The fight over how quickly Oregon will reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic — and whether the governor can control that process — is now in the hands of the state’s Supreme Court. -
COVID-19 is becoming an increasing risk for inmates, staff and communities surrounding Oregon's prisons.
-
The resumption of trials has made Oregon stand out nationally, and raised questions from some in the legal and health communities about the public’s safety. -
The number of inmates infected with the coronavirus at the Shutter Creek Correctional Institution near Coos Bay continues to climb. As of Tuesday, 25 inmates have tested positive and another 20 tests are pending. -
The average daily population of Oregon jails has dropped nearly 45% since COVID-19 forced widespread societal changes in March, according to the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association. -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday that the U.S. Constitution requires unanimous jury verdicts in state criminal courts. The move ends Oregon’s history of using non-unanimous juries to find people guilty of crimes other than murder. -
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Tuesday she won't release inmates over risks surrounding COVID-19. -
Containing the spread of a virus that has already proven it can tear through communal settings — killing and sickening many in its path — remains a Herculean task for Oregon’s prison system.
