Randall Liberty’s role as warden at the Maine State Prison almost seems fated. He was 7 years old when he first set foot in the prison, then an aging brick fortress on Main Street in Thomaston. He was ...

Aaron Parsons could spend up to 16 years in prison for killing Sarah Dorany in a hotel in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore ...

But in Maine, some criminal defendants with mental illness spend time in the state’s only maximum security prison before they ever face a jury. In 2021, the Legislature temporarily granted the ...

With a capacity of nearly 1,000 inmates, the Maine State Prison is home to one of the largest prison industry programs in the country. About 100 inmates, referred to as “residents,” can spend much of ...

No more of that." In January, Andrea Balcer, a 24-year-old born "Andrew," was moved from the Maine State Prison to the women’s section of the Maine Correctional Institute, Bangor Daily News ...

In addition to Maine, California, New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington state allow transgender people to be housed in jail and prison facilities that align with their gender identity.

Ari Snider with Maine Public reports. ARI SNIDER, BYLINE: In a classroom at the Maine State Prison, a recent debate over deep moral questions got a little heated. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1 ...

The Maine Department of Corrections announced Friday the death of an incarcerated individual. Stephen Lee, 50, of Waterville, who was serving a sentence at Maine State Prison, died shortly before ...