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Our View: Incarceration should not be a death sentence

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion January 12, 2023

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For someone to die prematurely while incarcerated, a lot has to go wrong. Even so, it’s happening more and more. 2022 was on record for Mainers in custody at one of the state’s prisons or jails – and supposedly in their care – following years of it getting worse, here and . There are a lot of reasons why: the raging drug epidemic, the failures of our health care system, COVID-19 and a lack of attention and accountability on the part of... + full article



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