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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedSeptember 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedMarch 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedJuly 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.
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PublishedMarch 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedMay 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.
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