James Clark, 49, was arrested in Florida and is awaiting extradition to Maine. He is accused of killing Levern Kelley, who was found dead in her home last weekend.
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Woman sues Maine corrections department for violating rights during pregnancy
The new lawsuit, alleging Maine Correctional Center officers stayed in a pregnant woman’s hospital room while she gave birth, is similar to a case against the Cumberland County Jail that was recently settled.
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Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Maine Correctional Center hosts prison education program with NYC high school
Inmates at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham were given the opportunity in the fall of 2024 to learn alongside seniors at Horace Mann School, an elite private school in New York City.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Man serving 43 years for Readfield murder dies in New Jersey prison
The attorney general’s office said it is investigating a state prison in Newark where David Silva died after an encounter with corrections officers.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Biddeford man sentenced to more than 4 years for assaulting police during Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Christopher Maurer, 47, pleaded guilty in July to felony-level charges for assaulting police with a dangerous weapon.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Nation & World
Ohio prison holds first-ever 5-course meal open to public on facility grounds
Almost 60 members of the public attended the meal at Grafton Correctional Institution, where incarcerated men hosted the event.
Posted inNation & World
Missouri high court clears the way for a woman’s release after 43 years in prison
No details have been released on when Sandra Hemme will be freed after serving 43 years in prison.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia
Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Posted inTimes Record
Art created by Maine prisoners on display at Freeport gallery
The collection, which will wrap up its showing on Sunday, questions whether mass incarceration is the answer to society’s problems.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Three men charged in Whitey Bulger’s 2018 prison killing have plea deals
Bulger, who ran the largely Irish mob in Boston in the 1970s and ’80s, served as an FBI informant who ratted on the main rival to his gang.