James Clark, 49, was arrested in Florida and is awaiting extradition to Maine. He is accused of killing Levern Kelley, who was found dead in her home last weekend.
prisons
Posted inLocal & State, News
Prison deaths report finds widespread missteps, failures in latest sign of crisis in federal prisons
Mental health care, emergency responses, and the detection of contraband drugs and weapons all are lacking, according to the latest scathing report to raise alarms about the chronically understaffed, crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Nation & World, News
Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
In a sweeping 2-year investigation, the Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola.
Posted inNation & World, News
Escaped murderer still at large in Pennsylvania slips out of search area, steals van, tries to contact ex-co-workers
Doorbell video images showed escaped prisoner Danelo Souza Cavalcante to be now clean-shaven and wearing a yellow or green hooded sweatshirt, a black baseball cap, green prison pants and white shoes, police said.
Posted inFood & Dining, Local & State, Maine Crime, Nation & World
Maine prisons’ food program on track to become national model
The state’s Department of Corrections is a leader in food service and culinary training and now is working with outside organizations to replicate its approach.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
An Auburn forum tackles a big question: ‘What if we go on this way?’
Three community leaders oversee a community discussion on the future of education, incarceration and housing.
Posted inNation & World, News
New U.S. prisons chief pledges truth, reform for ailing system
Skeptics within the federal prison system’s rank and file have derided the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ approach as ‘hug a thug.’
Posted inLocal & State
Appeals court to weigh in on lawsuit over Maine inmates’ jobless benefits
Maine prison inmates filed the suit after they were denied unemployment benefits for work-release jobs they lost in the pandemic.
Posted inNews
Emery Community Arts Center hosts exhibit, meetings on mass-incarceration reform and prisoner-advocacy
UMF is hosting a series of Franklin County community action meetings on restorative justice with local law enforcement, organizations, leaders and other state prisoner advocacy and reentry organizations.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Despite outbreaks at Maine prisons and jails, workers aren’t required to get vaccinated
The governor’s vaccine mandate doesn’t apply to corrections workers, even those who provide medical care, and her office hasn’t explained why.