Here are links to our prison-series stories, in
chronological order from November 2005 to the present. All of them are by Lance
Tapley unless otherwise noted; major stories are in bold.
Torture in Maine's
Prison, November 11, 2005
The video of an "extraction" at the Maine
State Prison
Reforming the Supermax, November 18, 2005)
Pressure
Rising, March 24, 2006
Arbitrary Imprisonment, July 21, 2006
Death
in the Supermax, October 13, 2006
Hunger
Strike at Maine's
Supermax Prison, October 18, 2006
Baldacci's ‘Political Prisoner', November 24, 2006
Lockdown: What do Prison Officials Have to Hide?, December 15, 2006
sidebar: Stonewalling is Normal,
December 15, 2006
Sluggish Response to Suicide, January 5, 2007
Brown
Defense Team Enlarging, January 12, 2007
An
Insult to Justice, February 2, 2007 - Lance's speech upon receiving the Maine
State Bar Association's Excellence in Legal Journalism Award
Cracks
in the Armor, February 2, 2007
Prison
Guards Suit Up, March 16, 2007
Corrections
Department Obstructs Free Press, March 16, 2007, by Jeff Inglis
Prison
Madness Explained, March 30, 2007
Punish the Mentally Ill!, April 13, 2007
Prisoners as Commodities, April 27, 2007
Prisoner
Gagged, May 4, 2007
Inmate Sues
Officials in Federal Court, May 18, 2007
Moral
Panic, May 25, 2007
Maine Prison
Bosses Violate Court
Orders, June 29, 2007 - with links to the text of the court orders
sidebar:
Press Behind Bars, June 29, 2007
sidebar:
Waves of Activism, June 29, 2007
A Supermax
"Graduate", July 13, 2007
Prisoners'
Guru to Speak in Maine,
July 20, 2007
Mentally
Ill Inmate Gets Care, Despite
State's Objections,
August 10, 2007
Dangerous
Waits for Psychiatric Evaluations?, August 17, 2007
We're All
Doing Time, August 31, 2007
Group Seeks to Hold Maine
to UN Standard, August 31, 2007, by Jeff Inglis
Stabbed in the Back, September 14, 2007
sidebar:
Gifted Felons, September 14, 2007
Exiled
Maine Prisoners Report Abuse, Danger, September 28, 2007
Mass
Torture in America, November
16, 2007 - an edited version of Lance's speech to the National Lawyers Guild
convention in Washington, DC
Three
Prison Reform Events, January 18, 2008
Wave of Reform, February 8, 2008
sidebar:
Educating Inmates, February 8, 2008
State Sued
Over Inmate's Death, March 7, 2008
Promoting Human Rights at Home, April 4, 2008
Judge Orders Injections for Maine Prisoner, April 25, 2008
Imprisoned Facts, May 30, 2008
Torture for the Hostage-taker?, July 11, 2008
Time for a Clean Sweep?, July 25, 2008
A Threat, But Not to Security, September 5, 2008
The Mentally Ill, Criminalized, September 12, 2008
Falling Down, November 7, 2008
NAACP Leader Challenges Maine
Prison Policies, December 12, 2008
Prisoners' Support Services Slashed, December 26, 2008
Baldacci Rejects Reform, Embraces Corporate Prisons Again, January 23, 2009
Lawmakers to Probe Prison, April 10, 2009
Arbitrary Injustice, April 10, 2009
Maine Supermax Inmates On Hunger Strike, May 6, 2009
Prison In Turmoil, June 19, 2009
Federal Investigation Requested, July 24, 2009
Prison Staffing Crisis Hits Perilous Level, August 7, 2009
Secret, Unaccountable, and Co-Opted, August 21, 2009
sidebar: Miraculous Appearances, August 21, 2009
Another Supermax Hunger Strike, September 4, 2009
Prison ‘Troublemaker' Confronts Racism, Medical Abuse, September 11, 2009
Less Than Equal, October 2, 2009
sidebar: Dangerous Slurs, October 2, 2009
Limiting Supermax Solitary, October 9, 2009
Suspect Speaks; Victim's Family Begins $1-Million-Plus Lawsuit, November 6,
2009
A Mysterious New Inmate Death, December 11, 2009
Corrections Disobeys Another Federal Court Order, December 18, 2009
Anti-Solitary Campaign Expands, February 5, 2010
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