After spending time at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility and with the women of Red Lodge, we want to do Jackie’s story justice and tell it to the absolute best of our ability as we move forward.

Located in Wilsonville, OR, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility houses inmates in minimum and medium security units.
Located in Wilsonville, OR, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility houses inmates in minimum and medium security units.
The prison lies off the beaten path surrounded in Oregon flora. It would almost be picturesque if not for the heavy gates and melancholy atmosphere.
CCCF lies off the beaten path surrounded in Oregon flora. It would almost be picturesque if not for the heavy gates and melancholy atmosphere.

We have heard from indigenous women inmates of Oregon who have experience nothing but abuse, racism, violence and isolation their entire lives outside and inside of the prison walls. Yet, we are truly witnessing a fight to reclaim the intrinsically natural Native American cultures through prison rehabilitation and spiritual guidance.

We hope to meet with both Trish and Jackie this Friday to interview and shadow them as they go about their days in order to tell the story of an inmate who has gone through the debilitating prison system and is currently functioning well in every day society. Jackie will be the primary focus of our video while Trish will be a secondary source to discuss the accessibility of spiritual practice in female penitentiaries.

-Angelina