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.
22-year-old inmate dies in Kennebec County Jail
AUGUSTA, Maine — Authorities at the Kennebec County Jail are investigating the sudden death of a 22-year-old inmate.
Mother glad her son died in cell rather than living out prison term
MINOT, Maine — Jeannine Greenleaf hates to admit it, but she is relieved her son is dead. In fact, she prayed for his death.
State buys back land from warden, lost $2,000 on the deal
THOMASTON, Maine — At a net cost of $2,000, the state has bought back about 5 acres of coastal property sold in a controversial deal to the Maine State Prison warden.
Cruel America
Roars of applause for executions at the GOP debate, official approval of torture, barbaric prison conditions, obstruction of aid to storm victims and children in need—is our nation descending into barbarism?
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.
Cruel Isolation
For many decades, the civilized world has recognized prolonged isolation of prisoners in cruel conditions to be inhumane, even torture.
Fugitive being held in Maine prison dies
Shaun Corson, 33, accused of killing his girlfriend in Florida, apparently hanged himself, an official says.
Barbarous Confinement
MORE than 1,700 prisoners in California, many of whom are in maximum isolation units, have gone on a hunger strike. The protest began with inmates in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison.
Inmate charged with manslaughter in 2009 death of another prisoner
WARREN, Maine — A Maine State Prison inmate has been indicted on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of another inmate at the prison two years ago.
Inmate charged with manslaughter in 2009 death of another prisoner
WARREN, Maine — A Maine State Prison inmate has been indicted on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of another inmate at the prison two years ago.
Bill Nemitz: What we have here, is a failure to communicate
Trying to make sense of the on-again, off-again real estate deal between the state and Maine State Prison Warden Patricia Barnhart? I refer you to The Captain, that snarling, steely-eyed prison-camp warden in the 1967 movie classic “Cool Hand Luke.”
Our View: Maine prison warden’s land buy void, but how did it occur?
Sometimes government officials get involved in “the appearance of a conflict of interest,” where a deal that would be normal for others without their level of influence raises suspicion in their case that something might not be on the up-and-up.
Investigation sought into state land sale
The public never had a chance to bid on a state-owned parcel in Thomaston that was purchased by a state official at a price below market value.
Police brutality civil case settled out of court for $725,000
BANGOR, Maine — Minutes before an alleged police brutality civil case out of Hancock County was set to begin in federal court, the parties involved settled the case for $725,000.
Two years later, inmate homicide investigation remains incomplete
WARREN, Maine — The Maine Attorney General’s Office is still investigating the death of a Maine State Prison inmate two years and two months ago.
County jail officer charged with assaulting inmate
Nicholas Stein, 41, is suspended without pay and faces criminal charges of assault following an altercation with a Cumberland County Jail inmate last month.
Police say prisoner may have died of natural causes
BELFAST, Maine — Although the Maine State Medical Examiner’s Office had not yet released the cause of death of a 65-year-old convicted murderer, a Maine State Police spokesman said late Monday afternoon that the man likely died of natural causes.
Former Hancock County Jail officer serving 60 days for $10,000 theft
ELLSWORTH, Maine — A former corrections officer has begun serving her sentence after being convicted of stealing more than $10,000 from Hancock County.
Tempers flare as private prison considered in Milo
MILO, Maine — Tempers flared Thursday at a forum on bringing a private prison to Maine, underlining the difficult choice this small Maine town faces if talk of bringing a for-profit prison here continues.