And Justice for All

By Stan Moody

Stan Moody

Additional Column Posts (1 - 9 of 9)

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  A pearl in the desert

  By Stan Moody - Apr 07
  While it was my pleasure to serve for nearly two years as a chaplain at Maine State Prison, I was forced to conclude that religious programming, ...
  
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  Prison myth No. 5: 'You don’t understand what we are up ...

  By Stan Moody - Feb 17
  Maximum security prisons are designed for three purposes — to keep prisoners safe, to protect the public and to carry out a strategy of corrections...
  

• Prison myth No. 3: 'Politics is the enemy'

  By Stan Moody - Jan 20
  Following my recent column on "Corrections as a growth industry," I received blistering e-mails from an employee at the Maine State Prison. It ...
  

• Prison myth No. 1: 'Prisoners want to go in to solitary ...

  By Stan Moody - Dec 31
  It is not news that public opinion is stacked against those who have been convicted and incarcerated for a crime -- any crime. Check the Internet ...
  

• Maine's prisoner re-entry program: $50 and a bus ticket to ...

  By Stan Moody - Dec 16
  When I came to the Maine State Prison in Warren for my final interview for a position as chaplain, it was a cold day in December. A released ...
  

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  Your neighbor in prison

  By Stan Moody - Mar 17
  As I watched the facial expressions of legislators while I was testifying on Maine's so-called solitary confinement bill, LD1611, it was clear to ...
  

• Prison myth No. 4: All prison guards are brutes

  By Stan Moody - Feb 03
  Being a prison guard is a thankless job. The shroud of secrecy that envelopes a prison system feeds the public perception that guards are ...
  

• Prison myth No. 2:  'You have to be a team player'

  By Stan Moody - Jan 13
  As I write this article, it is 9:45 a.m. Christmas Day. I have been a team player in the give and take of gifts and good wishes. The game is over; ...
  

• Corrections: a growth industry in Maine

  By Stan Moody - Dec 23
  The third-highest budget item for Maine -- right behind human services and education -- is the cost of incarcerating the failures of human ...