Prisoner dies at Maine Correctional Center
WINDHAM, Maine —
An investigation is underway into the death of an inmate at the Maine Correction Center in Windham.
Wayne Patrick King, 36, died late Sunday morning, according to prison officials.
Our View: ‘Shoot-to-kill’ bill overkill for Windham prison escapes
Should trying to escape from the Maine Correctional Center be a capital offense? A proposal now before the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee could make it one.
Bigger prison, same staff: The math behind LePage’s plan to double beds at Windham prison
As lawmakers work to firm up a state budget that’s out of balance and debate an expansion of Medicaid, a proposal to nearly double the capacity of the Maine Correctional Center in Windham will resurface in coming weeks.
Experts: Number of women in Maine prisons has grown sixfold since 2002
PORTLAND, Maine — The number of women held in the Maine state prison system has grown nearly sixfold since 2002, a stark increase that experts say is sparking new conversations about the best way to rehabilitate female criminals.
Planned $100 million prison in Windham controversial
WINDHAM, Maine — Inside this fenced-in, fortresslike prison building, guards never stop watching from behind tinted windows.
Maine Voices: Windham prison guard’s reinstatement poorly thought-out decision
David Hench’s article about Maine Correctional Center Capt. Shawn Welch’s handling of inmate Paul Schlosser (“Prison captain fired, but later reinstated, after pepper spraying inmate,” March 17) temporarily removed the cloak of secrecy from the Maine Department of Corrections.
Captain’s vengeance backfired in Windham pepper spray incident
I suspect it takes a high degree of self control and character to be spit on and called vile names and not react, at least not overreact.
Certainly, police officers and corrections officers face that behavior routinely from people who have done very bad things.
Our View: Prison leak probe looks for the wrong problem
If Maine corrections officials are embarrassed, they have good reason. An in-house video that showed a supervisor at the Windham prison inappropriately using pepper spray on a restrained inmate leaving him in distress for 20 minutes was shocking when it was revealed in a story in the Maine Sunday Telegram.
Prison captain fired, but later reinstated, after pepper spraying inmate
A prison captain who was removed from his job last year — and then reinstated — discharged pepper spray directly into the face of an inmate who was restrained and left him in distress for 24 minutes, according to confidential documents and a videotape of the incident obtained by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.
Report finds deficiencies in health care services for Maine inmates
AUGUSTA, Maine — Some prisoners at Maine’s correctional facilities are going without medication and are not getting timely treatment, according to a report presented to lawmakers Friday.
Lawyer of inmate who died in Maine prison knew his client received life sentence
WARREN, Maine — Before Mary Hoskins stepped into prison to begin serving two years for arson, her attorney knew it was a life sentence because she had terminal cancer. Mary Hoskins, 50, died Thursday, exactly one week after she entered the Maine Correctional Center’s Women’s Center in Windham.
Women settle with state in prison guard sex case
The two will receive a total of $125,000 after they sued two men who were guards in Windham.