Anthony Sanborn, Maine’s 1st convicted killer to be released on bail, gets taste of freedom
Anthony Sanborn was jailed for nearly three decades before he became Maine’s first convicted murderer released on bail, adjusting to a world that left him behind. The greatest unknown comes this fall, when he returns to court to learn his fate.
Death of longtime Maine State Prison inmate not deemed suspicious
Deane Brown, 53, who had complained about prison conditions and filed a federal lawsuit, was serving a lengthy sentence for a burglary spree in the mid-1990s
Authorities investigate death of inmate at Maine State Prison
The Department of Corrections says only that Donald Riley, 67, died around 2:15 p.m. Thursday.
Outspoken Maine prisoner told to ‘cease and desist’
A convicted murderer and advocate for prison reforms is ordered to curb his frequent newspaper submissions.
Kennebec County Sheriff Randall Liberty named warden of Maine State Prison
Liberty has worked in law enforcement for 33 years and has served in the military.
Ex-Riverview patient wants to leave prison, return to hospital
Michael James appealed his discharge from the state forensic hospital and on Wednesday asked the state's highest court to return him there.
Inmate convicted of 1990 murder dies at Maine State Prison
Willard Eastman, 63, had served 21 years of his 50-year sentence.
Lawmakers postpone inquiry into hazing of Maine State Prison guards
Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, co-chairman of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, says the committee will question Department of Corrections officials in December.
Our View: Guards should not sink into the culture of Maine State Prison
Allegations of hazing by state employees raise troubling questions and demand public airing.
Solitary confinement: inside America's dreaded isolation cells
Depicted in 'Orange is the New Black' and fiercely debated in Congress, America's widespread and controversial use of solitary confinement is under fire. The Telegraph visits an isolation cell in Maine State Prison to find out more.
Locked Up In America: Stephen’s Story
Stephen Kirkley was near the end of a five-year sentence for robbery in early 2014. He was also one of the worst behaved inmates in the solitary unit of the Maine State Prison.
Widow of inmate killed at Maine State Prison awarded $100,000
As part of the settlement, Janet Weinstein, whose husband, Sheldon Weinstein, was beaten to death in 2009, agrees to drop a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections.
Widow of sex offender killed in prison paid $100,000 to settle claim
WARREN, Maine — The widow of a 64-year-old man, who was killed at the Maine State Prison while serving a sentence for sexually assaulting a child, has been paid $100,000 to settle her claim against the state.
Our View: Prison reforms take Maine in right direction
It’s called “the prison within a prison,” and anyone who watches a recently aired “Frontline” documentary filmed in the Maine State Prison’s solitary confinement unit can see why. The setting depicted in “Solitary Nation” is grim. Responding to prolonged isolation – 23 hours a day in their cells, with an hour a day outside in individual exercise pens – inmates yell, slash their wrists, flood their cells, push feces under the cell doors and slam their fists into walls.
Maine prison officials’ indifference led to fatal stabbing, inmate says
Richard Stahursky will be prosecuted for a second inmate’s death, even though he’s already facing decades in prison.
Riverview discharges man to serve prison sentence
Treatment providers and others testify that Michael James has a personality disorder and is not mentally ill.
Bill Nemitz: Violence in prison a fact of life … but should it be?
It wasn’t quite the response Irv Faunce expected. But when your son is a convicted killer doing time inside the Maine State Prison, your opinion tends to be yours alone.