The Maine Department of Corrections and prisoners in the correctional system are at odds over the use of a mechanical restraint known as the black chair Prisoners and advocacy groups say the device is being used at the Warren Supermax prison in a cruel and unusual manner, while prison officials say it is a tool of last resort used only when an inmate is out of control -- Detail
The Maine Department of Corrections is violating at least two of three 35-year-old federal court ord...
Michael Tuck, 31, an inmate at the Maine Correctional Center in Winhdam, last month filed suit in U....
This Just In piece reporting that a hunger strike at the Maine State Prison in Warren ended on Octo...
Lengthy, detailed article alleging prisoner abuse and torture in the Special Management Unit (SMU), ...
Maine\u27s new maximum-security prison in Warren is considered dehumanizing by critics, but prison o...
Part two of a report on allegations of torture in the Special Management Unit, or Supermax, at Maine...
Article on the Maine State Prison in Warren, with a focus on the refusal of prison officials to answ...
News & Issues piece on inmates at Maine correctional facilities who are allegedly being denied need...
Former Maine State Prison Warden Paul Vestal, who now serves as executive director of Maine Advocacy...
Maine State Prison officials say inmates are responsible for the disappearance of 50,000 board-feet ...
Editorial calling on Maine officials to explain the treatment of Supermax prison inmate Kenneth Moor...
Lengthy, detailed article following up on allegations of abuse of inmates at the Supermax, a 100-b...
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a judge may suggest but not mandate how the Departme...
This Just In piece questioning if the Maine Department of Corrections violated the First Amendment\...
Governor John Baldacci\u27s proposal to ship 125 Maine prisoners to a Corrections Corporation of Ame...
The Maine Department of Corrections is violating at least two of three 35-year-old federal court ord...
Michael Tuck, 31, an inmate at the Maine Correctional Center in Winhdam, last month filed suit in U....
This Just In piece reporting that a hunger strike at the Maine State Prison in Warren ended on Octo...
Lengthy, detailed article alleging prisoner abuse and torture in the Special Management Unit (SMU), ...
Maine\u27s new maximum-security prison in Warren is considered dehumanizing by critics, but prison o...
Part two of a report on allegations of torture in the Special Management Unit, or Supermax, at Maine...
Article on the Maine State Prison in Warren, with a focus on the refusal of prison officials to answ...
News & Issues piece on inmates at Maine correctional facilities who are allegedly being denied need...
Former Maine State Prison Warden Paul Vestal, who now serves as executive director of Maine Advocacy...
Maine State Prison officials say inmates are responsible for the disappearance of 50,000 board-feet ...
Editorial calling on Maine officials to explain the treatment of Supermax prison inmate Kenneth Moor...
Lengthy, detailed article following up on allegations of abuse of inmates at the Supermax, a 100-b...
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a judge may suggest but not mandate how the Departme...
This Just In piece questioning if the Maine Department of Corrections violated the First Amendment\...
Governor John Baldacci\u27s proposal to ship 125 Maine prisoners to a Corrections Corporation of Ame...
The Maine Department of Corrections is violating at least two of three 35-year-old federal court ord...
Michael Tuck, 31, an inmate at the Maine Correctional Center in Winhdam, last month filed suit in U....
This Just In piece reporting that a hunger strike at the Maine State Prison in Warren ended on Octo...