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Oregon Prison to Be Repurposed to Provide Homes for the Homeless in October

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Oregon Prison to Be Repurposed to Provide Homes for the Homeless in October
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The Wapato Jail in north Portland will soon be open to house hundreds of homeless.

It will no longer be known as Wapato Jail after a recent rededication ceremony, which included symbolically cutting the razor wire surrounding the facility.

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