Maine State Prison News

KNOX : The first time the town of Knox welcomed its handmade horse-drawn hearse, it was 1890, after the town agreed to pay $325 for it at its 1889 town meeting.

Folks from the town of Knox, are glad to see a piece of their history back where it should be.

By the time Warden Jeffrey Merrill revealed on June 3 that three Maine State Prison employees had been put on paid leave as a result of a state police investigation of an inmate's death in April, probes of corruption and other issues at the 925-inmate lockup had already cast a harsh light on its management.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the convictions and sentences of a man and woman from Mount Desert Island who were found guilty in 2007 of raping at least two women.

State police detectives said the death of a Maine State Prison inmate this spring is now being treated as a homicide.

ROCKLAND : Pastor John Durgin has been honored by Gov. John Baldacci for his volunteer work at the Knox County Jail.

WARREN : Three employees of the Maine State Prison are on paid administrative leave as an investigation continues into the April 23 death of a prisoner.

THOMASTON : Thomaston residents will soon decide whether to elect a former selectman or an incumbent and whether to approve a $2.6 million budget that is similar to last year's. The town election will be held Tuesday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall.

A Hancock woman testified Wednesday in a civil trial that being sexually harassed at a Southwest Harbor boatyard has left her feeling terrible, humiliated and degraded.

WARREN : In a preliminary investigation into Maine State Prison management issues, the Maine Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability recommended that the Warren facility ensure effective avenues for reporting and resolution of concerns so as to reduce the state's exposure to liabilities and risk.

Maine State Prison officials ended a hunger strike involving at least 10 inmates of the solitary-confinement Supermax unit in Warren by threatening to withhold the strikers' psychotropic medications, according to allegations by an inmate who participated in the strike.

A federal judge has sentenced an Aroostook County man serving 14 years in state prison for assaulting and raping his wife to more than five additional years in federal prison on a gun charge.

Posted By: Pat Callaghan , Anchor/Reporter Posted By: Tiffany Buchanan , Multimedia Producer 58 mins ago WARREN Members of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition say extended solitary confinement is a form of torture.

Louis Rubino Jr. wants his MTV, or any TV channels he can get in the supermax unit of the Maine State Prison in Warren.

AUGUSTA, Maine a ' The budget weighed by the Maine Legislaturea TMs Appropriations Committee includes funding to hire three additional scientists to monitor and control pollution in tidal waters.

A consultant's report says Colby College security officers acted appropriately during an incident on Easter Sunday that provoked a student protest at the Waterville school.

A federal judge has sentenced a Smyrna man to more than five years in federal prison for possession of a gun after being convicted of a crime of domestic violence.

WARREN : A week-long hunger strike by prisoners in the segregated housing cells at the Maine State Prison in Warren ended over the weekend, according to a Department of Corrections spokesman.

Eight inmates at the Maine State Prison's special management unit have refused food for the fourth straight day.

A hunger strike that initially involved eight inmates in the special management unit at Maine State Prison in Warren is now in its third day.