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| Grand jury indicts prisoner for inmate's 2009 death |
| By villagesoup.com - Stephen Betts |
| Published: 07/15/2011 |
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Rockland — A 32-year-old prisoner was indicted for manslaughter July 14 for the April 2009 beating death of another Maine State Prison inmate. A Knox County grand jury indicted John E. Thibeault for manslaughter for the April 20, 2009, death of Sheldon Weinstein. The indictment states that Thibeault acted recklessly or with criminal negligence that caused Weinstein's death. Thibeault is serving a 15-year sentence with all but six years suspended for robbery, according to Associate Corrections Commissioner Jody Breton. Weinstein's wife, Janet Weinstein of Hartford, Conn., filed a notice of intent to sue the prison in 2009. Her attorney Scott Gardner of Biddeford filed the notice with the state alleging that "policy makers within the Maine Department of Corrections were deliberately indifferent to a culture of inmate violence in which jailhouse justice was meted out to inmates like Mr. Weinstein." Weinstein had been incarcerated at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham because he was serving no more than two years. At that center, he fell out of bed and broke his leg and was confined to a wheelchair. Weinstein was transferred to the Warren prison eight days before his death because the medical resources were considered to be superior. Weinstein suffered from type I diabetes that required multiple daily insulin injections. As a result of the death, the prison launched an administrative review while the Attorney General's Office and Maine State Police conducted a criminal investigation.. Prison Corrections Officer Joshua Bailey was terminated and Sgt. William Robinson was demoted to a correctional officer, according to a statement issued Nov. 5, 2009 by the Corrections Department in response to a freedom-of-access request filed by The Herald Gazette. Read More. |
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