Maine Voices: Prison reform in America: Kicking the can farther down the road

When I began this journey over a year ago, advocating for reform of our prisons, I never dreamed that so arcane and bizarre a subject could become a source of amusement. Despite being a former legislator, I had forgotten the inherent lack of courage on the part of legislators, driving their propensity to tweak rather than replace or repair broken systems.

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