Former Sabattus woman settles lawsuit in prisoner transport case

Sabattus woman files federal lawsuit for mistreatment in prisoner transport van

Sun Journal wins Outstanding Journalism award

Former prisoner puts transport company on notice for lawsuit

Basic civil rights, even for prisoners

Allegations spur district attorney to halt private prisoner transports

District Attorney Andrew Robinson referred to a six-page letter written by an Androscoggin County Jail inmate who detailed the account of her five-day trip from Florida to Maine last November caged in the back of a private prisoner transport van during which she was denied bathroom breaks and subjected to other inhumane treatment.

Caged in van No. 1304

Lewiston woman's 5-day trip from Florida to Maine in a prisoner transport van was an 'inhumane . . . hell.'