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Reform Comes to Maine Supermax: New commissioner cuts population by more than half; prisoner rights advocates help in the reform

Less than three months into his job, Maine’s new corrections commissioner, Joseph Ponte, has begun to dramatically reform the Maine State Prison’s long-troubled solitary confinement “supermax” unit.

He has cut its population by more than half.

He has stopped – so far, after several weeks under his new rules – ...

 

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