Maine State Prison
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Federal judge considers lawsuit seeking inmate releases during pandemic
The first hearing in the case was held Tuesday by video conference.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Inmates sue over state’s decision to cut off and recoup unemployment benefits
Inmates had been given unemployment benefits after their work-release jobs were halted amid the pandemic, and the state is now taking the money back, the suit says.
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PublishedMay 20, 2020
State prison inmates were paid nearly $200,000 in unemployment benefits
The corrections department says 53 inmates were paid an average of $3,750 each after their work-release jobs were halted to reduce the risk of spreading the coronaviorus.
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PublishedApril 9, 2020
Maine inmate, about to be the first to earn a master’s degree in prison, asks for clemency
Brandon Brown, now 33, was convicted of attempted murder and has spent that last decade in prison. His fate now rests with Gov. Janet Mills.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Maine corrections employee tests positive for coronavirus
The person works at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren, and has been in self quarantine since March 20, the Maine Department of Corrections said.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2019
Man convicted of murdering his best friend dies at Maine State Prison
The death of the Prentiss man is not considered suspicious, authorities say.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2019
State revises prison policies after inmate held in solitary for 22 months
Any restrictive housing placement will now require a disciplinary finding and a finding of a serious act of violence or a threat, an official says.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2019
Inmate serving 3-year sentence dies in Maine prison
David Sirois, 64, was from Aroostook County.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2019
Commissioner Liberty: Editorial casts Maine’s correctional system in unduly bleak light
The rehabilitation of our friends, family and neighbors drives the system and Maine's Department of Corrections.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
Maine prison inmate sues to receive cure for hepatitis C
A class-action lawsuit argues that the Department of Corrections should provide a cure to the more than 500 inmates who have hepatitis C, roughly one-quarter of the state's prison population.
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