Bill Nemitz: Violence in prison a fact of life … but should it be?
It wasn’t quite the response Irv Faunce expected. But when your son is a convicted killer doing time inside the Maine State Prison, your opinion tends to be yours alone.
Maine prison guards request stab vests
The proposal, outlined for state lawmakers, comes after several violent assaults at the Maine State Prison and Long Creek Youth Development Center.
Our View: No excuse for Maine State Prison murder
We should reject a prison culture in which the strong are allowed to victimize the weak. There is a common belief that since prisons are filled with dangerous people it’s inevitable that they will be dangerous places.
Death of inmate at Maine State Prison ruled a homicide
Micah Boland, 37, was stabbed to death, apparently by another inmate, state police say.
New state prison mental health center met with optimism
WARREN, Maine — Last spring, Maine Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte said that during a Cabinet meeting, Gov. Paul LePage leaned over and said to him that more beds for the seriously mentally ill were needed.
Maine State Prison inmate dies
WARREN, Maine — The death of a 53-year-old prisoner at the Maine State Prison does not appear to be suspicious, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Outcomes of 2 Maine prisoner death cases raise questions as a third inmate murder case gets ready for trial
ROCKLAND, Maine — Three Maine State Prisoners have been beaten to death in less than five years but the outcomes of the first two cases have had mixed results.
Brewer man pleads no contest to assaulting prisoner who later died
ROCKLAND, Maine — A former Maine State Prison inmate could serve nine more months behind bars for his role in the April 2009 beating death of another prisoner.
When commencement is a second chance for 13 Maine State Prison inmates
The following is adapted from a commencement address delivered to 13 University of Maine at Augusta graduates who earned bachelor’s and associate’s degrees while incarcerated at the Maine State Prison in Warren. The commencement ceremony took place Nov. 4, 2013. The inmates’ education costs were paid for by the Sunshine Lady Foundation, run by Doris Buffett.
Prison education program offers new beginnings for Maine inmates
WARREN, Maine — Sergio Hairston played varsity football for Lewiston High School, but the running back had spotty attendance and left school in October 2006, his senior year.
Inmate manslaughter trial postponed due to late filing of evidence by state
ROCKLAND, Maine — The jury trial of a former Maine State Prison inmate accused of beating another prisoner to death more than four years ago has been postponed until at least January after the defense said it was provided with a “mind-boggling” amount of evidence at the 11th hour.
Maine’s mentally ill more likely to be in prison than hospital
Maine lawmakers last week signed off on a plan that will allow the state to transfer certain patients from Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta, one of Maine’s two state-run psychiatric hospitals, to an expanded, 32-bed mental health unit at Maine State Prison in Warren.
Judge: Brewer man charged in prison death will be held without bail — if he’s found
OCKLAND, Maine — A state judge has ordered that when police track down a Brewer area man, who is charged with manslaughter in the 2009 beating deathof a Maine State Prison inmate, he be held without bail.
Another View: State prison wrong setting for Riverview forensic patients
We are troubled by the assertion that patients who have been found too mentally ill to be held responsible for a crime still belong in prison (“Our View: Forensic patients swamp state mental hospital,” Aug. 25).
No motive yet in Maine prison homicide
Guy Hunnewell is accused of killing fellow inmate Alan Powell Jr., but state officials aren't saying what might have caused the attack.
New Maine State Prison warden named
WARREN, Maine — Rodney Bouffard, who has served as acting warden at the Maine State Prison for the past several months, was named warden Friday.
The Maine Department of Corrections announced the appointment in a news release Wednesday.
Federal judge sides with state in prisoner lawsuits over padlock beatings
BANGOR, Maine — A federal judge has sided with state officials in lawsuits over a trio of assaults in which prison-issued padlocks were used as weapons by inmates against other prisoners.
Maine State Prison captain pleads not guilty in inmate assault
ROCKLAND, Maine — A Maine State Prison captain who was fired about two weeks after being charged with assaulting a handcuffed inmate has pleaded not guilty.
Father of dead Maine inmate points to medical care
Garrett Brewer, 35, who died in his cell Wednesday, had expressed concerns about his diabetes treatment, his dad says.
Maine State Prison captain arrested, accused of assaulting inmate
ROCKLAND, Maine — A captain at the Maine State Prison was arrested Wednesday afternoon after being accused of assaulting an inmate on Christmas Eve.