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| Maine Department of Corrections releases revised inmate discipline policy |
| By pressherald.com- Scott Dolan |
| Published: 03/01/2016 |
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The Maine Department of Corrections announced Monday that it has revised its inmate discipline policy, including the removal of some rules that restricted prisoners from being able to communicate with the outside world. The department issued highlights of the new rules in a news release late in the afternoon and included a link to the full policy on the state’s website. The revised rules went into effect Monday, Deputy Commissioner Jody Breton said in the announcement. One of the changes allows prisoners to report and write under a byline for news media. That issue came to the forefront after an opinion piece written by inmate Jeffrey Libby, a convicted murderer at Maine State Prison in Warren, was published in the Portland Press Herald last Oct. 5. He was told by prison officials afterward that if he wrote again under a byline he would be punished. Libby, who has been writing opinion pieces since 2007 advocating for prison reform, appealed and had lawyers challenge the Department of Corrections on constitutional grounds. Read More. |
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