A longstanding loophole in prison disciplinary policy allows for punishment regardless of guilt

A provision in the proposed Maine Department of Corrections disciplinary policy overlaid on a photo taken outside Maine State Prison. (Photo by Evan Popp/ Maine Morning Star)

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.

Read the full article in the Maine Morning Star.