Incarcerated Mainers are pushing back against a longstanding loophole in the Department of Corrections disciplinary policy that allows staff to issue punishments before and regardless of a finding of guilt. “It flat out just denies incarcerated people their due process rights,” said Foster Bates, president of the Maine State Prison branch of the NAACP. Language […]

After nearly seven months of being shuffled through detention facilities across three states, during which he faced health problems in unsanitary conditions, Bridgton resident Marcos Gaspar-Da Silva was granted lawful permanent residency and released from a facility in Arizona.  His wife, Alessia Gaspar-Da Silva, was his first call once he got out, sharing the news […]