Join the campaign to give dozens of exiled Mainers the chance to exercise the Right of Return.
Under the Interstate Compact Law, States may send their inmates to other states' prisons. The Baldacci administration has exiled two dozen incarcerated Maine citizens. Previous administrations have done the same. Maine taxpayers continue to pay for her transferred prisoners' food, clothing, health and shelter expenses.
Sending an inmate hundreds or thousands of miles from home cruelly cuts off humanizing linkages to family and community, and exposes the prisoner to suspicion and violence in his or her sudden new prison culture and environment. State Exile is counterproductive. It is not corrective.
Unfortunately it is very easy for Maine state government to exile an inmate for the duration of his or her sentence. Transfers under the Interstate Compact may be carried out if found to be "necessary or desirable in order to provide adequate quarters and care or an appropriate program of rehabilitation or treatment".
The Interstate Compact law has no limit as to how long a prisoner may be held in an out of state prison He or she may be required to serve their entire sentence outside of Maine. Even once released, ex-prisoners can be barred from returning Maineward until post-imprisonment probation is completed, which could be years after release.
Returning exiled Maine prison inmates is a fairly straightforward task on paper. The relevant law (full text below) states:
34-A §9403 D. Delivery and retaking of inmates "Inmates confined in an [out of state] institution pursuant to the terms of this compact shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and may at any time be removed therefrom for transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending state..."
Maine would be the "sending state", i.e, it sends Mainers to other states' prisons
The list is mostly of those transferred during Governor Baldacci's terms of office.
UPDATED 4/26/2010 List of "Out of Population" Maine State Prison Inmates
All of these have the same "reason" listed: "Transfer-ISC" short for InterState Compact.
("Date Out"= when exiled)).
All of these have the same "reason" listed: "Transfer-ISC" short for InterState Compact.
("Date Out"= when exiled)).
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FROM Maine State Prison
Name / Inmate ID# / Physical Location / Date Out / Custody Level / Projected Release Date
Baker, Herman (45467) New Hampshire 05/01/2009 Close 4/29/2033
Belanger, Arthur Daniel, 15118 Florida 09/17/09 Close 10/3/2053
Haberski, Steven Douglas (202) New Hampshire 05/01/2009 Close 5/26/2031 2/9/2021
Moontri Pornchai Nmn (2987) New Hampshire 05/01/2009 Close 2/10/2022 1/17/2022
Robinson, Malcolm (37554) New Hampshire 05/01/2009 Close 12/23/2038 11/11/2038
Smith, Joell (2347) New Hampshire 05/012009 Close 12/31/9999
Kim, Souen (39549) Massachusetts 05/01/2009 Close 4/3/2015 3/4/2015
Lavoie Robert R (2047) Massachusetts New Hampshire 05/01/2009 4/13/2010. Close 6/9/2014 7/28/2014
Boles, Daniel Joseph (1661) Connecticut 09292008 Close 7/11/2018 4/30/2018
Thongsavanh,Brandon M. (18214) Connecticut 05/01/2009 Close 6/20/2062
Gary, Tyrell Lance (104314) Connecticut 04/15/2009m Minimum 4/15/2009
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Shortsleeves, John F (452) Connecticut 05012009 Close 12/31/9999
Simpson, Jeffrey Edward (25945) Pennsylvania 05/01/2005 close 2/9/2029 4/9/2029
Fuller, Joel Keith (174) Pennsylvania 05/01/2009 Close 12/31/9999
Miller Derek Alvin (88077) New Jersey 02/17/2009 Medium 3/27/2012 9/28/2011 ???????????
Ruiz, Wanda Ivette (99692) New Jersey 02/17/09 Medium 1/31/2012
Rankin, William David (3434) Delaware James T. Vaughn Correctional Center 06/05/2009 Medium 12/25/2012 12/7/2012
Brown, Deane Rowland (4059) Maryland 05/01/2009 Close 4/13/2034 4/10/2034
Heath, Carl W. (18882) Maryland 05/01/2009 Close 5/4/2044 1/27/2045
Linton, Jonathan Carl (1796) Maryland 05/01/2009 Medium 8/24/2010
Heath, Smokey Douglas (2336) Florida 05/01/2009 Close 9/18/2040 8/17/2040
Condon, John Nmn (2425) Texas 05/01/2009 Close 12/31/9999
Hanaman, Mary Margaret (48924) Colorado 01/31/2007 Medium 1/15/2038 12/2/2037
Harper, Patricia Gege (3110) California 08/24/1995 Close 6/11/2019 5/15/2019
Harris, Robert Lee (1943) Federal. 05/01/2009 Medium 8/26/2015 1/2/2014
Schoff, Steven Ray (13464) [withheld] 12/20/2006 Close 9/13/2024 7/24/2024
Watland, Gary Douglas (85372) Federal. 01/09/2008 Close 7/7/2064 7/23/2064
34-A §9404. Procedures and rights. Excerpt: "Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact...shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is necessary or desirable in order to provide adequate quarters and care or an appropriate program of rehabilitation or treatment, the officials may direct that the confinement be within an institution within the territory of the other party state, the receiving state to act in that regard solely as agent for the sending state.
