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“This presentation contained nothing of substance two weeks after an emergency declaration,” Commissioner Sharon Meieran said.

The racial disparities that have plagued Multnomah County's criminal justice system are only getting worse, according to a report released Monday. The report, published by the W. Haywood Burns Institute for Justice Fairness and Equity, is meant to reflect changes implemented by the county after a 2015 report (PDF here) found stark racial inequities within the local jail system. However, the new data shows that the likelihood of Black and Latino adults being held in...