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| Locked up, but still a big help |
| By portlandtribune.com - Josh Kulla |
| Published: 05/23/2013 |
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OREGON - Cancer touches every facet of society, and a prison certainly is no exception. The Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville has experienced a rash of cancer diagnoses in recent years, with both staff members and inmates receiving the dreaded news. In response, those unlikely allies banded together to do what they can to fight back. On May 8, an idea that started as an inmate “kite,” or communication with staff, came to fruition in both wings of the state’s only women’s prison. There, nearly four dozen inmates donated their formerly flowing tresses to Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to low-income children suffering from long-term medical hair loss. For inmate Heather Jones of Salem, her donation of formerly waist-length hair held great personal meaning. Read More. |
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