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PublishedJuly 18, 2023
New law changes how prisoners in Maine are counted in the U.S. Census
Maine inmates will now be counted toward the population of their most recent address before they were taken into custody, ending what voting rights advocates call 'prison gerrymandering.'
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
For these Maine inmates, parole debate isn’t hypothetical
Some members of the Maine State Prison Debate team are at the heart of stalled legislative efforts to reinstate parole in Maine for the first time in more than 40 years. Many crime victims say the parole process is too traumatizing.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2023
Man who died in Route 1 crash remembered for prison advocacy work
Robert 'Paco' Payzant Jr., 55, spent several years as a volunteer hospice worker as a state inmate before joining the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2022
Presque Isle man dies at Maine State Prison
Robert Carney, 59, had about seven years left on a 20-year sentence, according to the Maine Department of Corrections.
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PublishedApril 6, 2022
Lewiston prison reform activist and artist to receive humanities prize
Joseph Jackson, who works with Lewiston-based Maine Inside Out, has been using art and theater to bring about change in Maine's criminal justice system.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2022
Man convicted of murdering West Gardiner teen dies in prison
Michael Boucher, 71, died Sunday morning at the Maine State Prison in Warren, according to the Maine Department of Corrections
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2022
Lawmakers to take up prisoner rights bills, overdose legal protections
During work sessions this week, lawmakers on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will discuss an array of bills, including one to ban solitary confinement and another to expand Good Samaritan Law protections.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2022
Brandon Brown is grateful for path that led him from prison to redemption
The 35-year-old Gilead resident is the first inmate in Maine to earn a master's degree in restorative justice.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2022
Maine inmate who had escaped 3 times dies in custody
Arnold Nash, 68, was serving a 45-year prison sentence for killing his former neighbor in 1991.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Maine State Prison inmates in solitary confinement end hunger strike
Inmates in the most restrictive unit at the Maine State Prison have stopped refusing their meals.
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