One of the consequences of over two decades of “tough on crime” legislation has been the steady increase in elderly residents in our nation’s jails and prisons. A 2015 Human Rights Watch report notes that the number of prisoners above the age of 55 has increased threefold in less than a decade, and that many of those men and women will remain incarcerated well into their 70s and 80s—if they leave prison at all.
By Steve Rempe
September 7, 2016
Elderly | Health Care | Jessica Earnshaw | Maine | Maine Correctional Center | National Geographic | New York TImes | Nursing Home | Portland | volunteer By Steve Rempe
January 21, 2016
Maine | Reentry | Wood Harvesting | Wood Products Industry | WoodworkingWhat advice would you give to a younger you? If you could give yourself a warning, or point a juvenile version of you in a particular direction, what would you say? Would it make a difference?
The question became painfully real to Trent Bell, an architectural photographer in Maine, when a longtime family friend was convicted of a crime and sentenced to over 30 years in prison.
By Steve Rempe
April 8, 2014
Maine | Photography | Reflect Project | Trent Bell