AltWeeklies Wire
Solitary confinement: Bad for chimps, OK for humans?new
A very popular bill now moving through Congress bans solitary confinement for chimpanzees and other great apes. But what about people?
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
08-24-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: monkeys, chimpanzees
Co-Opting the Media: White Supremacist Code Printed Nationwidenew
James von Brunn, the accused shooter at the Holocaust Museum on Wednesday, is 88 years old. His age is no accident: "88" is white-supremacist code for "Heil Hitler." In printing his age, news outlets around the world have printed the white-supremacists' message.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
06-12-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Who Killed Edward Okeny?new
Edward Okeny was found on the street with an empty wallet and a fractured skull. The Portland police hadn't sought help from the public, instead hoping that a grievously injured man would emerge from a coma and explain everything.
Portland Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
12-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Stabbed in the Backnew
Maine prison officials reward a samaritan inmate by endangering his life.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
09-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Supermax 'Graduate'new
A mentally ill man fresh out of the Maine State Prison's Supermax killed three people in a botched robbery in New Hampshire -- he says he got no help in prison, Maine prison officials say they did nothing wrong, and the governor blames the killer.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
07-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hell No, We Won't Go (To Jail)!new
A lawyer known for representing Maine activists arrested during protests is compiling a database of civil-disobedience cases to help him argue a lighter sentence for one of his clients.
Portland Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
12-21-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hunger Strike at Supermaxnew
A spate of attempted and threatened suicides at the notorious maximum-security state prison in Warren, Maine prompted restrictions on inmates that have provoked a hunger strike.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
10-19-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Torture in Maine's Prisonnew
The maximum-security, solitary-confinement facility inside Maine State Prison is meant to be a place for prisoners who are threats to others. Testimony from six prisoners and a videotape prove it's a place where inmates are mistreated.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
11-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
