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Maine’s Jails and Prisons Record 39 Deaths in 34 Months
Loaded on May 1, 2023
by Jo Ellen Nott
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2023, page 29
Filed under:
Drug Overdose,
Wrongful Death,
Suicides,
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Location:
Maine.
by Jo Ellen Nott
On January 10, 2023, WMTW in Portland reported findings from a months-long investigation of deaths in Maine’s prisons and jails. By comparing information from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with data collected by the federal Department of Justice (DOJ), investigators found 39 deaths – 10 ...
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