The Maine Department of Corrections doesn’t want to use the words “solitary confinement,” yet that is how they are treating some of those at Maine State Prison in Warren.
According to Evan Popp’s article in the Maine Morning Star on March 29, residents of “C-Pod” are only allowed out of their cells one-two hours per day. About 10-15 of them are on a hunger strike to protest what can only be described as torture. Being locked up that long can easily affect a person’s mental and physical health. It makes it harder to adjust to life on the outside when they are released.
If we want people who are punished for whatever they (supposedly) did to return to society and live a productive life, we need to treat them with respect and compassion while they are locked up. Otherwise, when they return to society, and almost all of them do, Maine will be a less safe and secure place to live.
Larry Dansinger
Bangor
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