Joseph Albert, 77, was serving a 70-year sentence for murder in the death of 19-year-old Justine Renee Gridley of Orono in the 1980s.
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Women with jobs in Maine prisons face ‘hostile and abusive’ workplace, federal lawsuit says
A female corrections officer is suing the Maine Department of Corrections alleging harassment and discrimination.
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Thomaston man sentenced to 8 years for killing fellow inmate during altercation
An argument over stolen cigarettes led to the fatal fight between 2 prisoners in 2018, according to court documents.
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Thomaston man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of fellow prison inmate
Zachary Titus faces a maximum of 12 years in prison in the strangling death of Dana R. Bartlett at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren in 2018.
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Man who murdered Colby College student dies in Maine State Prison
Edward J. Hackett Jr., 64, was convicted of killing Dawn Rossignol on Sept. 16, 2003.
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Oakland and New York men indicted on drug trafficking charges after motel bust
Eric Caswell, 41, of Oakland and Tarik Squire, 37, of Bronx, New York, were arrested Jan. 2 by Augusta police and Maine Drug Enforcement agents, who were waiting for them at the Super 8 motel in Augusta.
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Indictments handed up in Waterville drive-by shooting, China chase in which trooper was hit by car
Following months-long delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, a Kennebec County grand jury indicted several people last week.
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State prison inmates were paid nearly $200,000 in unemployment benefits
The corrections department says 53 inmates were paid an average of $3,750 each after their work-release jobs were halted to reduce the risk of spreading the coronaviorus.
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Governor orders end to prisoners receiving unemployment pay
The inmates had applied for and received the benefits, including $600 weekly Pandemic Unemployment Assistance payments, after they were laid off from work-release jobs.
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Maine corrections employee tests positive for coronavirus
The person works at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren, and has been in self quarantine since March 20, the Maine Department of Corrections said.