Deane Brown battles on
Maine prisoner Deane Brown, 44, is no longer in solitary confinement, though he remains far from Maine.
By LANCE TAPLEY | September 03, 2008

Body politic

Interview: Anna Deavere Smith contains multitudes
Anna Deavere Smith is a writer/actor/activist who listens.
By IRIS FANGER | September 02, 2008

Letters to the Portland Editor, August 29, 2008

Collins backs torture
I am writing about torture around the world that I think is related to possible torture in Maine prisons.
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | August 27, 2008

Letters to the Portland editor, August 22, 2008

Rogue Dead Guy Ale is not an IPA
We don’t expect every customer to love our establishment.
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | August 20, 2008

Letters to the Portland editor, July 25, 2008

Time to end torture
The Black Bird Legal Collective would like to thank Lance Tapley for his continued exposure of Maine prison issues.
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | July 23, 2008

A former guard calls for prison reform
In early 2007, Rhonda Dawson, a thoughtful, candid, 45-year-old African-American guard at the Maine State Prison in Warren, quit her job after four years because, she says, of racist taunting from her fellow correctional officers.
By LANCE TAPLEY | July 23, 2008

Torture for the hostage-taker?

Prison watch
Will Michael Chasse, the inmate who allegedly held two people hostage on June 30 at the Maine State Prison, now be tortured by Governor John Baldacci’s administration?
By LANCE TAPLEY | July 09, 2008

Man of mischief

Politics and other mistakes
Let’s see if I can fill a whole column by making jokes about violent sex offenders.
By AL DIAMON | July 02, 2008

New Mexico

Sports blotter: "Marcus Vick and more" edition
According to news reports, Lavender was drunk and disorderly on the streets of Cincinnati on April 6 when cops asked him several times to move away from an intersection.
By MATT TAIBBI | June 25, 2008

The 11th Annual Muzzle Awards

Silencing free speech
Freedom of expression may be guaranteed by the Constitution. But it’s an idea we have to fight for every day.
By DAN KENNEDY | July 05, 2008

Is anybody paying attention to McClatchy's powerful Guantánamo exposé?

An old-media triumph sheds new light on Bush’s terror policy
Even before its 2006 acquisition of Knight Ridder, California-based McClatchy had a reputation for putting out some of America’s best mid-level dailies.
By ADAM REILLY | June 25, 2008

A night in Guantánamo

Staying in a replica cell, with no waterboarding included
I’d volunteered to spend the night in the replica cell (which is modeled on the ones at Gitmo) because we’ve all heard stories about unlivable conditions at Gitmo but can’t come close to imagining what it must be like.
By JEFF INGLIS | June 18, 2008

Imprisoned facts

Will the truth escape from a break in the prison wall?
Although I had already written a lot about abuse in the prison, this May 21 interview with Dorney, a 28-year-old Portland man serving 20 years for assault, was what I had been waiting for.
By LANCE TAPLEY | May 28, 2008

Unspeakable

What lies ahead in the trial of two former CVS officials?
Just when you thought Hillary Clinton couldn’t be more vile or shameless, along comes her remark about Bobby Kennedy’s assassination on the campaign trail.
By PHILLIPE + JORGE | May 28, 2008

The Double standards

Women get screwed in sex scandals — and men get a free pass
Women get screwed in sex scandals — and men get a free pass.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | May 21, 2008

The Dhamma Brothers

Meditation rehabilitating prisoners
Since the US has more people in prison than any other country, shouldn’t we be working on an effective method of rehabilitation?
By PETER KEOUGH | May 14, 2008

Activist leads criminal-justice reform festival

Justice or just us?
When Bruce Reilly was released from the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) in 2005 he had serious plans for how he intended to make up for lost time.
By ARIEL WERNER | May 08, 2008

The failure of ‘tough-on-crime’ tactics

Left untreated, drug addicts pose greater costs for everyone else
It was after midnight, and Dawn Jacques lay sleepless in her cell at the Adult Correctional Institutions, shuddering. Bathed in sweat, she stared at the ceiling for hours until it blurred.
By TE-PING CHEN | May 08, 2008

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