Maine Voices: Contact with media is helpful for inmates who want to rejoin society
A policy change allowing prisoners to submit writing for publication upholds First Amendment rights.
Maine needs a reason to restrict prisoner communications. So far, there isn’t any.
The most pressing question surrounding proposed prisoner discipline rule changes from the Maine Department of Corrections comes down to one word: Why? Why are they needed? Why is the department proposing them now? The questions are especially relevant to restrictions on prisoner communications, which are protected by the First Amendment.
