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Former Prison Superintendent Frank Thompson on How Executions Affect Corrections Officers

Former Prison Superintendent Frank Thompson on How Executions Affect Corrections Officers

Update: 2023-02-21
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In the February 2023 edition of Discussions with DPIC, former Oregon Superintendent of Prisons Frank Thompson speaks with DPIC Managing Director Anne Holsinger about how his experiences as a corrections officer—as well as being a murder victim’s family member—have affected his views on capital punishment. Thompson oversaw the only two executions performed in Oregon in the past 50 years and was responsible for developing the execution protocol. He said the process of performing executions created “an additional group of victims” among the prison staff. Seeing the stress it caused him and his colleagues eventually led Thompson to oppose the death penalty.

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Former Prison Superintendent Frank Thompson on How Executions Affect Corrections Officers

Former Prison Superintendent Frank Thompson on How Executions Affect Corrections Officers

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