maine state prison

WARREN, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a 57-year-old inmate has died at the state prison in Warren.

Three years in the making, this documentary shows the harsh, bloody and disturbing reality of what life is really like inside Maine's solitary confinement unit.

From disorderly conduct to becoming orderlies in a hospice care program, the Maine State Prison system has enlisted a small group of inmates to provide end-of-life care for senior inmates on their way out. According to a the creator of the inmate hospice program, it took nearly 13 years to talk prison officials into testing such a controversial undertaking. "If we don't give these men and wom