prison

Published
January 12, 2023

Our View: Incarceration should not be a death sentence

Premature deaths at Maine prisons and jails are on the rise. It's time we all took notice.
Published
October 19, 2022

Leonard Pitts: You don’t treat a human being like this

The starvation of a Florida inmate who was paralyzed by prison guards is a reminder that cruelty carries a price far beyond the victim.
Published
September 19, 2022

Brunswick nonprofit fundraiser to help educate inmates across U.S.

College Guild, a Brunswick nonprofit that provides free educational courses to prisoners around the country, will host a fundraiser Thursday at 5 p.m.
Published
August 24, 2022

Federal judge approves plan to reimburse Maine inmates who lost unemployment benefits

The state will return more than $163,000 in seized unemployment benefits to 54 people who were incarcerated in Maine in 2020 and barred from the state's work-release program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published
March 3, 2022

Commentary: People should not be incarcerated in ‘just freezing’ conditions

Vague regulations regarding temperature have resulted in harm and even death for those behind bars.
Published
December 18, 2021

Commentary: End profit-driven detention in immigration system, federal prisons

The Biden administration’s follow-through on its promises to cut ties with private correctional facilities is spotty.
Published
July 14, 2021

Suspected killer in 1987 Waterville area cold case held without bail after pleading not guilty

Gerald Goodale, who was indicted in May in the 1987 murder of Janet Brochu of Winslow, remains in prison without bail as he serves a 75-year sentence for murdering Geraldine Finn of Skowhegan in 1988.
Published
March 7, 2021

Inmate dies at state prison in Windham

Arthur Gardiner, 69, died Saturday morning at the Maine Correctional Center, the Department of Corrections says.
Published
January 28, 2021

Our View: Maine inmates should not have to wait for vaccine

Incarcerated people are a high-risk group that’s not given high priority in the state’s vaccine program.
Published
May 23, 2020

Two more inmates at Windham prison test positive for COVID-19

That brings to four the number of inmates at the Maine Correctional Center to have been so diagnosed, making it the first coronavirus outbreak at a prison in Maine.