Maine State Prison
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PublishedOctober 15, 2023
64-year-old inmate convicted of murdering ex-wife dies at Maine State Prison
Gregory Warmke of Fairfield had been incarcerated since 2004.
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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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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Our View: Maine has a chance to lead the way on reinstating parole
Letting a supervised inmate serve the rest of their sentence in the community can work. A state panel has the opportunity to design a functional modern system.
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PublishedJune 7, 2022
State settles prison guard’s gender harassment claim for $395,000
The woman filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was a frequent recipient of unwanted sexual overtures from male co-workers.
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PublishedMay 15, 2022
Settlement reached in federal lawsuit brought by female prison guard
She endured a hostile work environment because of her gender and sexual orientation while working at the Maine State Prison and Bolduc Correctional Facility, according to the lawsuit.
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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 brutally 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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