On Friday, October 5th, the Department of Community Justice (DCJ) hosted the 2nd annual African American Program (AAP) Awards Banquet at the Miracles club in NE Portland. The evening celebrated fo...
Multnomah County juvenile probation officers are making sure that young men and women in trouble with the law return to class when school resumes this month. On Tuesday Aug. 28, the county’s...
The Portland Police Bureau awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to key players in the Department of Community...
The Department of Community Justice (DCJ) is proud to announce that parole/probation officer Christi Winters has successfully completed her certification in network technologies through the interna...
The Department of Community Justice (DCJ) North Office partnered with the County Health Department to pilot a health fair targeted to the needs of African Americans living in North/Northe...
On Saturday afternoon, July 28th, William Morehouse led the local chapter of the military-sanctioned Buffalo Soldiers into Zone 13 of the Multnomah County Juvenile Detention Home (JDH). William Mor...
Dozens of nonprofit and government agencies traveled on August 10th to the gymnasium in the Donald E. Long Detention Home to create a resource fair for the youth in detention. The idea was to demon...
In its highest turnout ever, the Department of Community Justice had over 30 employees participate in this year’s National Night Out. National Night Out (NNO) is an annual celebration across Multno...
On an unseasonably cool recent summer morning, new Portland police officers got their hands dirty to learn more about Multnomah County’s work with juvenile offenders who grow crops as part of their...
On Thursday, July 12th, Arnoldo Jaramillo, Juvenile Custody Services Specialist, Department of Community Justice (DCJ), was among the proud award winners from Portland Latino Gay Pride (PLGP) for m...
Multnomah County’s Board of Commissioners this week honored more than 30 hard-working and dedicated employees of the Department of Community Justice.
National agencies working on improving job training of low-skilled adults have selected staff from the Londer Learning Center (LLC), Department of Community Justice (DCJ) to participate in a six-mo...