Press Herald - Last week, Graham Platner was hoisted from a frenzied mosh pit onto a stage in Portland, and then plunged back into a sea of eager hands, which passed him around in the air. Two days later, Gov. Janet Mills cut a ribbon for a new energy storage facility in Gorham before quietly making the rounds of several local businesses. The contrast of styles in Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary could hardly be more stark.
Maine’s prison system is known for progressive policies that allow incarcerated people to vote, earn degrees and, in some cases, work remotely. Yet Maine is also among a minority of states where people in prison cannot make a case for parole when they believe they’ve been rehabilitated. A recent push to reestablish a parole system now looks doomed to fail.
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