Writing From the Inside

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Writing From the Inside
Prisoners share their stories
—By Julie Dolan, Utne.com


May 24, 2007 Issue

When prisoners speak out, controversy often follows. That was the case when Deane Brown, while serving time at Maine State Prison's Supermax facility, provided information to Portland alt-weekly the Phoenix. After the newspaper exposed the abuse of mentally ill prisoners inside the facility in 2005, writes Lance Tapley for the Phoenix, Brown was denied contact with the media and transferred to a Maryland Supermax facility over 500 miles away. Brown, with the help of civil rights attorney Lynne Williams, has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that prison officials deliberately tried to violate Brown's right to the freedom of speech.

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