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Maine: Superior Court’s Dismissal for Lack of Jurisdiction Not Supported by the Record
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Filed under: Disciplinary Litigation
Maine: Superior Court’s Dismissal for Lack of Jurisdiction Not Supported by the Record by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A sua sponte dismissal for lack of jurisdiction by a state Superior Court was improper, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court held on April 19, 2018, when the record was “otherwise devoid” …
Quinn v. U.S. Prisoner Transport, et al., ME, complaint, inhumane transport, 2018
Brief • April 4, 2018
Filed under: Transport Companies, Guard Misconduct, Transportation, Restraints
Quinn v. U.S. Prisoner Transport, et al., ME, complaint, inhumane transport, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00149-DBH Document 1 Filed 04/04/18 Page 1of16 PagelD #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE * * MEGHAN NICOLE QUINN • Plaintiffs • v. U.S. PRISONER TRANSPORT INC., PRISONER TRANSPORT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC, ANDROSCOGGIN …
Maine: Court Does Not Need Jurisdiction Over Prisoner to Issue Order to Protect Child
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Fathers in Prison, Children of Prisoners
Maine: Court Does Not Need Jurisdiction Over Prisoner to Issue Order to Protect Child by On August 29, 2017, the Maine Supreme Court affirmed the denial of a motion to dismiss a jeopardy order against the father of Emma B. Emma was a child living with her mother in Maine, …
The Criminalization of the Mentally Ill in Maine
Article • March 7, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Civil Commitment
The Criminalization of the Mentally Ill in Maine by by Lance Tapley, Pine Tree Watch In April, 2017, while incarcerated at the Maine State Prison’s Intensive Mental Health Unit in Warren, James Staples removed his own eyeball. The 66-year-old prisoner, who has a lengthy history of both mental illness and assault …
Maine DOC's Dirty Trick in Prisoner Lawsuit Challenging Food and Phone
Article • December 26, 2017
Filed under: Food, Telephones
Maine DOC's Dirty Trick in Prisoner Lawsuit Challenging Food and Phone by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The legal eagles at the Maine Department of Corrections have successfully okie-doked prisoner Kevin J. Collins out of $150 in his lawsuit challenging food services and the prison's telephone system. Collins filed his …
Maine Judge Rules Prisoner's Nearly Two-Year Stay in Segregation Without Explanation Defies Due Process, Orders Hearing on Damages
Article • September 7, 2017
Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Maine Judge Rules Prisoner's Nearly Two-Year Stay in Segregation Without Explanation Defies Due Process, Orders Hearing on Damages by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On March 23, 2015, Kennebec, Maine, Superior Court Justice M. Michaels Murphy found in favor of a state prisoner who claimed prison officials violated his due …
Maine State Prison Rescinds Bra-removal Policy for Female Visitors
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Visitor Searches
Maine State Prison Rescinds Bra-removal Policy for Female Visitors by When Air Force veteran Stacy Venable arrived at the Maine State Prison on February 11, 2017 to visit her nephew as she had several times a year for the past seven years, she was ushered through a metal detector as …
Maine DA Sued for Malicious Prosecution
Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Evidence, Witnesses, Immunity/Liability, Prosecutorial Immunity
Maine DA Sued for Malicious Prosecution by “Absolute immunity” typically allows prosecutors to escape liability in the event of malicious prosecutions. Even when prosecutorial misconduct is exposed, the punishment is usually far less severe than that experienced by the victim of the state’s wrongdoing – such as spending many years …
“Natural Causes Killed Victor: A Death in Solitary,” a folk opera by George Swanson (DVD, 55 minutes)
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews, Immigration, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Tapes/Music
“Natural Causes Killed Victor: A Death in Solitary,” a folk opera by George Swanson (DVD, 55 minutes) by Lance Tapley Written by George Swanson, a folksinger and Episcopal priest, this unusual folk opera tells how Victor Valdez, a sickly, working-class immigrant from the Dominican Republic, died in 2009 in solitary …
Fact of Incarceration May Be Used Against Father in Maine Parental Rights Termination Proceeding
Article • October 25, 2016
Filed under: Fathers in Prison, Parental rights, Children of Prisoners
Fact of Incarceration May Be Used Against Father in Maine Parental Rights Termination Proceeding by Lonnie Burton The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on August 30, 2016, that a parent's incarceration may be used as a factor by a court in parental rights termination cases. The ruling affirmed a lower …
Jail Employees Steal from Prisoner Fund in Small-Town Maine
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific, Prisoner Property, Commissary
Jail Employees Steal from Prisoner Fund in Small-Town Maine by After stealing more than $7,200 from a so-called "inmate benefits account," a county jail employee in small-town Maine snitched on a co-worker and implicated his boss in the scam before finally resigning himself. Capt. Robert Gross, 62, filed his letter …
Widow of Murdered Maine Prisoner Paid $100,000 Settlement
Article • August 12, 2016
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Diabetes, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
Widow of Murdered Maine Prisoner Paid $100,000 Settlement by On February 26, 2014, Janet Weinstein, widow of murdered Maine state prisoner Sheldon Weinstein, was paid $100,000 to settle any claim she had against the State of Maine or Corizon, Inc., the provider of prisoner health care at the Maine State …
ME DOC ICS Rates confirmed July 2016
Kickback publication • July 6, 2016
ME DOC ICS Rates confirmed July 2016 Agencies | Online Services | Help | Page Tools Search Maine.gov GO Contact Us | Links | Sitemap Search Corrections HOME ADULT FACILITIES ADULT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS About Us For Victims of Crimes Doing Business with DOC Career Opportunities Contact Us open in browser …
ME DOC ICS rate main page 2016
Kickback publication • July 6, 2016
Filed under: Telephone Rates
ME DOC ICS rate main page 2016 Agencies | Online Services | Help | Page Tools Search Maine.gov GO Contact Us | Links | Sitemap Search Corrections HOME ADULT FACILITIES ADULT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS About Us For Victims of Crimes Doing Business with DOC Quality Assurance Administration Career Opportunities Contact Us …
Maine Legislators Not Informed Of Murder At Secure Mental Health Unit Occurring Before Funding Vote
Article • May 12, 2016
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
Maine Legislators Not Informed Of Murder At Secure Mental Health Unit Occurring Before Funding Vote by Christopher Zoukis Members of the Maine Legislature voted to enlarge the Mental Health Unit at Maine State Prison's Supermax facility last August, doubling its size to 32 beds.  What they did not know when …
Final Investigation - Inmate Death at Somerset County Jail 05-28, ME DOC, 2014
Publication • March 14, 2016
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Final Investigation - Inmate Death at Somerset County Jail 05-28, ME DOC, 2014 Department of Corrections State of Maine Department of Corrections State House Station 111 Tyson Building Augusta, ME 04333-0111 Operations Division Phone: (207) 287-2711 FAX: (207) 287-4370 Email: Bob.Lancaster@maine.gov Memorandum To: Ralph Nichols, Director of Operations, MDOC From: …
Minimal Number of Assaults Attributed to Prison-Issued Lock Cannot Support Claim
Article • March 7, 2016
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment
Minimal Number of Assaults Attributed to Prison-Issued Lock Cannot Support Claim by The First Circuit Court of Appeals held two Maine prisoners failed to raise a triable issue of substantial risk of assault by a prison-issued padlock. Maine State prison (MSP) prisoners David Lakin and Gerard Landry suffered serious injury …
Maine Prisons "Safer" Despite Recent Killings and Assaults, Commissioner Says
Article • March 7, 2016
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Databases, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Failure to Protect (Staff)
Maine Prisons "Safer" Despite Recent Killings and Assaults, Commissioner Says by Christopher Zoukis At a press conference addressing the violent attempted escape of three juvenile prisoners, Maine State Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte says Maine prisons are safer than they were three to four years ago.  His comments came …
First Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Retaliation Claim
Article • October 27, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, Retaliation against Staff, Summary Judgment, Appeals, Americans with Disabilities Act, Employee Litigation, Disabled Employees
First Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Retaliation Claim by First Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Retaliation Claim On February 6, 2013, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment granted to Correctional Medical Services, Inc. ("CMS") for an alleged retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In spring …
Guard Admits Guilt, but Lawsuit Dismissed against Jail Supervisors
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific
Guard Admits Guilt, but Lawsuit Dismissed against Jail Supervisors by Derek Gilna Guard Admits Guilt, but Lawsuit Dismissed against Jail Supervisors by Derek Gilna A civil rights complaint filed against officials at the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, Maine was dismissed by a federal court, even after a male …
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