Maine prison sees more minorities than the rest of the state
WARREN, Maine — Maine’s state prison is a bit more racially diverse than the rest of Maine, according to the Department of Corrections. The department released a database of prisoner information earlier this month, which among other facts details the ethnicity of each man in Maine State Prison.
Maine makes public new database of inmates and felons on probation
Thirty-six convicted murderers and 24 kidnappers live on probation in Maine communities, a new database created for the Maine Department of Corrections shows. The website allows people to search through the database of state’s 9,160 adult prisoners and probationers.
Maine lawmakers kill private-prison bill
State officials found no companies interested in building and running a facility for older inmates.
Report finds deficiencies in health care services for Maine inmates
AUGUSTA, Maine — Some prisoners at Maine’s correctional facilities are going without medication and are not getting timely treatment, according to a report presented to lawmakers Friday.
Prisoner’s death inspires new opera
BELFAST, Maine — When Maine State Prison inmate Victor Valdez died in custody in November 2009, it sparked an outcry among prisoner and human rights advocates.
Bangor jail inmate found hanging in cell dies at hospital
BANGOR, Maine — A Penobscot County Jail inmate who was found hanging in his cell on Friday after being sentenced to 4½ years in prison for drug trafficking has died in a Bangor hospital.
Lawyer of inmate who died in Maine prison knew his client received life sentence
WARREN, Maine — Before Mary Hoskins stepped into prison to begin serving two years for arson, her attorney knew it was a life sentence because she had terminal cancer. Mary Hoskins, 50, died Thursday, exactly one week after she entered the Maine Correctional Center’s Women’s Center in Windham.
22-year-old inmate dies in Kennebec County Jail
AUGUSTA, Maine — Authorities at the Kennebec County Jail are investigating the sudden death of a 22-year-old inmate.
Mother glad her son died in cell rather than living out prison term
MINOT, Maine — Jeannine Greenleaf hates to admit it, but she is relieved her son is dead. In fact, she prayed for his death.
State buys back land from warden, lost $2,000 on the deal
THOMASTON, Maine — At a net cost of $2,000, the state has bought back about 5 acres of coastal property sold in a controversial deal to the Maine State Prison warden.
Cruel America
Roars of applause for executions at the GOP debate, official approval of torture, barbaric prison conditions, obstruction of aid to storm victims and children in need—is our nation descending into barbarism?
Women settle with state in prison guard sex case
The two will receive a total of $125,000 after they sued two men who were guards in Windham.
Cruel Isolation
For many decades, the civilized world has recognized prolonged isolation of prisoners in cruel conditions to be inhumane, even torture.
Fugitive being held in Maine prison dies
Shaun Corson, 33, accused of killing his girlfriend in Florida, apparently hanged himself, an official says.
Barbarous Confinement
MORE than 1,700 prisoners in California, many of whom are in maximum isolation units, have gone on a hunger strike. The protest began with inmates in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison.
Inmate charged with manslaughter in 2009 death of another prisoner
WARREN, Maine — A Maine State Prison inmate has been indicted on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of another inmate at the prison two years ago.
Inmate charged with manslaughter in 2009 death of another prisoner
WARREN, Maine — A Maine State Prison inmate has been indicted on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of another inmate at the prison two years ago.
Bill Nemitz: What we have here, is a failure to communicate
Trying to make sense of the on-again, off-again real estate deal between the state and Maine State Prison Warden Patricia Barnhart? I refer you to The Captain, that snarling, steely-eyed prison-camp warden in the 1967 movie classic “Cool Hand Luke.”
Our View: Maine prison warden’s land buy void, but how did it occur?
Sometimes government officials get involved in “the appearance of a conflict of interest,” where a deal that would be normal for others without their level of influence raises suspicion in their case that something might not be on the up-and-up.