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Under the terms of the unusual settlement, attorney fees will be paid, disciplinary hearing officers at the prison will require certain training and no one will ever spend more than 30 days in isolation without the DOC commissioner's approval.
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The state Supreme Court has sided with a Maine State Prison inmate who says his constitutional due process rights were violated when he spent nearly two…
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A Maine Superior Court judge has taken the unusual step of finding that a prisoner’s lengthy stay in solitary confinement amounted to “an atypical and…
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A Superior Court judge is weighing her options about what, if any, additional relief a Maine State Prison inmate should get after spending nearly two…
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A Superior Court judge has sided with a Maine State Prison inmate who claimed his due process rights were violated when he was put in solitary confinement…
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It’s been nearly a year since we reported on the case of Doug Burr, a Maine State Prison inmate who spent 22 months in solitary confinement in an 8- by…
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Editor's note: This story is part one of a two-part series. To read part two, click here.WARREN, Maine — Sometime this month the Maine Department of…