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prison whistleblowers

For more than four years, Maine prisoner Deane Brown has faced isolation and exile for his role as a prison journalist and whistleblower.  Brown was serving a lengthy sentence for burglary and robbery in the lockdown unit of Maine State Prison when he began filing reports, by letter, which were aired on WRFR community radio in 2005. The […]

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Maine Prison Whistleblower Exiled and Isolated

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 3, 2011

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 9, 2018

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Portrait of a Prison Whistleblower—and His Punishment

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 13, 2012

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“Witness to Human Torture”: On Both Sides of the Prison Walls, Social Workers Confront Solitary Confinement

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 3, 2017

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