Tonight, at 7:30 pm, at the Meg Perry Center (
644 Congress St, Portland - click for a map)
Portland Phoenix contributing writer Lance Tapley will be talking about conditions in Maine's prison system, and what can be done about the inhumane treatment of prisoners. The talk is free, and follows the Meg Perry Center's opening of its latest art exhibit, "Winter Soldiers, Summer Civilians," a traveling photo show about the Iraq War being shown as part of
statewide events marking the fifth anniversary of the war.
He has been investigating the prison system for two and a half years, and in honor of tonight's talk we offer here links to all the
Portland Phoenix stories on the prisons. They are all written by Lance Tapley unless otherwise noted.
In
chronological order from November 2005 to the present:
Torture in Maine’s Prison, November 11, 2005
Reforming the Supermax, November 18, 2005
Pressure Rising,
March 24, 2006
Arbitrary
Imprisonment, July 21, 2006
Death in the
Supermax, October 13, 2006
Hunger Strike
at Maine’s Supermax Prison, October 18, 2006
Baldacci’s
‘Political Prisoner,’ November 17, 2006
Lockdown: What
do Prison Officials Have to Hide?, December 15, 2006
sidebar:
Stonewalling is Normal, December 15, 2006
Sluggish
Response to Suicide, January 5, 2007
Brown Defense
Team Enlarging, January 12, 2007
An Insult to
Justice, February 2, 2007 — Lance Tapley’s speech upon receiving the Maine State Bar
Association’s Excellence in Legal Journalism Award
Cracks in the
Armor, February 2, 2007
Prison Guards Suit
Up, March 16, 2007
Corrections
Department Obstructs Free Press, March 16, 2007 (by Jeff Inglis)
Prison Madness
Explained, March 30, 2007
Punish the
Mentally Ill!, April 13, 2007
Prisoners as
Commodities, April 27, 2007
Prisoner Gagged,
May 4, 2007
Inmate Sues
Officials in Federal Court, May 18, 2007
Maine Prison
Bosses Violate Court Orders, June 29, 2007 — with links to images of the court
orders
sidebar: Press
Behind Bars, June 29, 2007
sidebar: Waves of
Activism, June 29, 2007
A Supermax
"Graduate," July 13, 2007
Prisoners' Guru to
Speak in Maine, July 20, 2007
Mentally Ill
Inmate Gets Care, Despite State's Objections, August 10, 2007
Dangerous Waits
for Psychiatric Evaluations?, August 17, 2007
We're All Doing
Time, August 31, 2007
Group Seeks to
Hold Maine to UN Standard, August 31, 2007 (by Jeff Inglis)
Stabbed in the
Back, September 14, 2007
sidebar: Gifted
Felons, September 14, 2007
Exiled Maine
Prisoners Report Abuse, Danger, September 28, 2007
Mass Torture in
America, November 16, 2007 — an edited version of Lance Tapley's speech to the
National Lawyers Guild convention in Washington, DC
Three Prison
Reform Events, January 18, 2008
Wave of Reform,
February 8, 2008
sidebar: Educating
Inmates, February 8, 2008
State Sued Over
Inmate's Death, March 7, 2008
