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State used ‘heavy hand’ when threatening to close Piscataquis jail, sheriff says

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Operations at the Piscataquis County Jail were not dangerous and there was not a crisis when the state briefly ceased operations and threatened to close the facility, the sheriff said on Sept.

In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs and other states are taking notice

By Susan Sharon, Maine Public People who are incarcerated are paid notoriously low wages for kitchen, laundry work and maintenance.

Police in Maine can no longer guess if someone has waived their constitutional rights

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Police in Maine must be sure someone has waived their constitutional rights to a lawyer before continuing to question them, the state’s highest court ruled.

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