LEWISTON — A Lewiston man was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for drug and firearm crimes committed in 2014. U.S. District Court Judge George Z. Singal sentenced Matthew Mennealy, 34, to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to a news release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Mennealy […]
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Photography exhibit at UMA highlights Maine State Prison convicts; artist talk on Oct. 23
AUGUSTA — A new exhibit is on display at the Danforth Gallery at UMA from now through Nov. 7, titled “Reflect: convicts’ letters to their younger selves.” An opening reception and artist talk will be held at the gallery at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23. “Reflect” is photographer Trent Bell’s artistic documentation of choices, consequences, […]
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Inmate convicted for killing Wilton man dies
ROCKPORT (AP) — The death of a Maine prison inmate is under investigation but authorities said it does not appear suspicious. The state Department of Corrections said 51-year-old Steven Holloway, an inmate at the Maine State Prison in Warren, died Sunday morning at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. Per protocol, state police and the […]
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Older prison population squeezing Maine dollars
WARREN — Maine has the eighth highest percentage of prisoners in the country who are 55 years old or older, fueling an increase in state spending for prison health care, according to a national report released Tuesday. A spokeswoman for the report said states that expand Medicaid coverage are likely to have opportunities for savings, […]
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Inmate at Windham sues after getting pepper-sprayed
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine prison inmate who was pepper-sprayed while restrained and then not allowed to wash his face for more than 20 minutes has sued the guard who sprayed him. Paul Schlosser III, serving a seven-year sentence for robbery at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, filed suit this week against the guard, […]
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Inmate’s death does not appear suspicious
MACHIASPORT — Officials say the death of an inmate at the state prison in Machiasport was not a homicide and does not appear to be a suicide. Stephen McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety says the cause of 32-year-old Phillip Kay’s death remains under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. Kay was […]
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Maine Supreme Court dismisses state’s appeal of prisoner’s lawsuit
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has dismissed the state’s appeal of a lower court decision that may affect how solitary confinement is used in Maine prisons. Diane Sleek, attorney for the Maine Department of Corrections, said Thursday that last week’s decision by Maine’s high court simply dismissed the appeal without giving definitive guidelines […]
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Maine corrections boss Ponte tapped to lead New York City jails
NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio has named the head of Maine’s corrections department to head New York City’s jails. Joseph Ponte was presented as the new commissioner of the nation’s second largest jails system at a City Hall press conference Tuesday. “Every resident of this city deserves to be treated with dignity and […]
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Prison inmate dies in stabbing
WARREN — Police plan to charge a Maine State Prison inmate with murder after the stabbing death of another inmate Friday. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a release the death of inmate Micah Boland, 37, of Knox County, was classified as a homicide Saturday by the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office. […]
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Sabattus man gets 15 years in prison for assaults on preteen
AUBURN — A Sabattus man who pleaded guilty to nearly a dozen counts of gross sexual assault over several years against a preteen girl was sentenced Wednesday to serve 15 years in prison. A reproving Androscoggin County Superior Court judge sentenced Michael Gagnier, 34, of 20 High St. to 25 years in prison, with 10 […]