The Maine Humanities Council works with nearly a dozen incarcerated people in state prisons to run regular book groups, including a recent discussion at the Maine State Prison on Lois Lowry’s ‘The Giver.’
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Presque Isle man convicted in 1998 cold case dies at Maine State Prison
George Jaime, 87, died Thursday morning.
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Inmate dies at Maine State Prison
Medical personnel attended the death of Ty John Michael, 56, who was sentenced on sex offender and drug charges in 2025.
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Maine man accused of killing of cellmate in 2022 can stand trial, but might not attend
Carl Williams is accused in the fatal assault of his cellmate at the Maine Correctional Center.
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Owners of Maine’s ‘last resort’ psychiatric hospital in South Carolina declare bankruptcy
Maine has signed another $1.4 million contract with Columbia Regional Care Center to reserve six beds. But the facility will soon be sold at auction after its parent company declared bankruptcy.
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Lawyer accuses state prison of unfairly limiting client’s calls after allegations of witness tampering
Lorenze Labonte was moved to Maine State Prison before his trial on a murder charge in connection with the death of Ahmed Sharif in Biddeford last year. His attorney says he can barely make phone calls.
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A judge committed these Maine patients to a hospital. Some say they’re being sent to prison.
Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.
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York County Jail administrator will take over as new warden of Maine State Prison
Nathan Thayer has served as administrator at the York County Jail for the last three years and will start in his new role at Maine’s largest prison on Monday.
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Maine wants to keep housing some criminal defendants with mental illness in prison
Maine State Prison is better equipped than psychiatric hospitals to help certain defendants who have been ruled incompetent to stand trial, the Department of Corrections and DHHS say.
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Sabattus man seeks new murder trial, presents DNA expert
Daniel Roberts is hoping a new method of analyzing DNA evidence will help him get a new trial in the 2005 slaying of his ex-girlfriend.