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Mentally Ill Maine State Prisoner Finally Leaves Solitary, But Can’t Push State Lawmakers to Pass Bill Limiting Its Use
Article • July 25, 2022
Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, State Legislation
Mentally Ill Maine State Prisoner Finally Leaves Solitary, But Can’t Push State Lawmakers to Pass Bill Limiting Its Use by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon By the time he was released from Maine State Prison (MSP) on March 7, 2022, Zachary Swain estimated he had spent half of his seven-year …
Maine State Prison Guard Awarded $400,000 in Sex Discrimination Settlement
Article • July 19, 2022
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Settlements
Maine State Prison Guard Awarded $400,000 in Sex Discrimination Settlement by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A sex discrimination suit against filed by a female guard at the Maine State Prison against the state Department of Corrections (DOC) was settled for $400,000 in June 2022. The guard, Autumn Dinsmore, …
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Uncovers Almost 1,000 Privileged Calls Recorded in Four County Jails, Sues York County for Denying Public Records Request
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Public Records, Recorded Calls, Securus
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Uncovers Almost 1,000 Privileged Calls Recorded in Four County Jails, Sues York County for Denying Public Records Request by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders  On January 26, 2022, the Maine Monitor published a list of nearly 1,000 privileged calls illegally recorded between detainees and …
Dinsmore v. State of Maine, ME, Settlement, Discrimination, 2022
Brief • May 20, 2022
Filed under: Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Women
Dinsmore v. State of Maine, ME, Settlement, Discrimination, 2022 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Autumn N. Dinsmore ("Dinsmore") of Rockland, Maine; the State of Maine and the Maine Department of Corrections (the "Employer"); Joel Parsons of Edgecomb, Maine; and Dale Tobey, Jr., of Pittston, Maine (the "Individuals''), (collectively the "State …
Sparks v. Mills, ME, Settlement Agreement, Jobless Benefits, 2022
Brief • April 26, 2022
Filed under: Work Release
Sparks v. Mills, ME, Settlement Agreement, Jobless Benefits, 2022 Case 2:20-cv-00190-LEW Document 47-1 Filed 04/26/22 Page 1 of 22 PageID #: 317 Exhibit 1 Settlement Agreement and Release Subject to Court approval, Representative Plaintiff Marc Sparks, individually, and on behalf of a class of other persons, and Defendants Janet Mills, …
State of Maine-An Act to Prohibit Excessive Telephone Charges in Maine Jails and Prisons, 2022
Publication • April 15, 2022
Filed under: Telephones
State of Maine-An Act to Prohibit Excessive Telephone Charges in Maine Jails and Prisons, 2022 APPROVED CHAPTER APRIL 15, 2022 615 BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW STATE OF MAINE _____ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO _____ H.P. 853 - L.D. 1175 An Act To Prohibit Excessive Telephone …
$170,000 in Attorney’s Fees, Solitary Confinement Reforms Achieved in Settlement of Maine Prisoner’s Lawsuits
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
$170,000 in Attorney’s Fees, Solitary Confinement Reforms Achieved in Settlement of Maine Prisoner’s Lawsuits by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2021, the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) settled state and federal lawsuits brought by a prisoner kept in solitary confinement for 22 months without seeing any evidence of …
Dinsmore v. State of Maine, ME, Complaint, Discrimination, 2022
Brief • February 11, 2022
Filed under: Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Women
Dinsmore v. State of Maine, ME, Complaint, Discrimination, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-00194-JAW Document 21 Filed 02/11/22 Page 1 of 48 PageID #: 332 United States District Court District of Maine Autumn Dinsmore, ) ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) ) State of Maine, Department of ) Corrections; Joel Parsons; and ) …
HRDC Appeals Denial of Public Records Request for Documentation of Secret Settlement in Maine Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Lawsuit
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: Public Records, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), HRDC Litigation
HRDC Appeals Denial of Public Records Request for Documentation of Secret Settlement in Maine Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 6, 2021, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of Prison Legal News and Criminal Legal News, filed an appeal in Maine state …
Reese v. Liberty, ME, Settlement Agreement, Excessive Force, 2021
Brief • September 10, 2021
Filed under: Excessive Force
Reese v. Liberty, ME, Settlement Agreement, Excessive Force, 2021 RELEASE AGREEMENT 1. In exchange for a payment of $115,000 and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby aclmowledged, Geoffrey Reese ("Releasor"), on behalf of himself and his successors, assigns, heirs, and agents, hereby releases …
News in Brief
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones into the Alabama lockup in exchange for bribes. According to a report by local TV …
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting v. York County, ME, Complaint, Public Records, 2021
Brief • August 2, 2021
Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act, Recordings
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting v. York County, ME, Complaint, Public Records, 2021 PretiFlaherty Portland,ME Augusta,ME Concord,NH SiqmundD. Schutz Boston,MA sschutz@preti.com 207.791.3247 Washington,DC August 2, 2021 VIA HAND DELIVERY Michele Lumbert, Clerk Kennebec County Superior Court 1 Court Street, Suite 101 Augusta, ME 04330 Re: The Maine Center for …
News in Brief
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 9, 2021, a former guard at the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that he had sexual intercourse with a prisoner in the laundry room at the women’s prison west of Tuscaloosa. According to the Birmingham …
HRDC v. Kennebec Co, et al, ME, Appeal, Public Records.
Filing • July 27, 2021
Filed under: Public Records, PLN Litigation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
HRDC v. Kennebec Co, et al, ME, Appeal, Public Records.
HRDC v. Kennebec Co, ME, Appeal, FOIA, 2021
Brief • July 27, 2021
Filed under: Public Records, PLN Litigation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
HRDC v. Kennebec Co, ME, Appeal, FOIA, 2021
Maine Prisons Expand Medication Assisted Treatment
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Medication, Drug Treatment/Rehab
Maine Prisons Expand Medication Assisted Treatment by David Reutter by David Reutter The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced on February 12, 2021, that it is expanding medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for prisoners with opioid-use disorder. The move is an expansion of a pilot project that started from an executive order issued …
News in Brief
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Holds Courts Have Authority to Enjoin DOC from Unconstitutional Segregation Practices
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Retaliatory Segregation, Good Time
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Holds Courts Have Authority to Enjoin DOC from Unconstitutional Segregation Practices by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 5, 2020, the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (SJC) held that a trial court had the authority to enjoin the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) from engaging …
News in Brief
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …
Congress Tackles Restoring Voting Rights to Felons, Makes Remarkable Progress
Article • March 28, 2021
Filed under: Voting Rights Act, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute
Congress Tackles Restoring Voting Rights to Felons, Makes Remarkable Progress by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell  More and more states across the country have been coming around and allowing those with felony records to vote, some even allowing prisoners to vote. Now Congress has jumped on-board, the House of Representatives …
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