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Article: In Maine, Prison Crowding Leaves Grisly Legacy
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 21, 1992
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It's business as usual in the Maine state prison system these
days - too many inmates, no money for new cells, no money for
programs. Were Larry Richardson still there, he'd recognize it all
too well.
Richardson was serving eight years for child molestation at the
Maine State Prison when his body was found against the bars of his
cell, hanging by a twisted sheet. He had been tortured for four
nights by his cellmate, who pounded out one of his teeth against a
toilet bowl and kicked him in the groin until the bruises reached
from Richardson's thighs to his waistline.
Prisoners up and down a dark corridor orchestrated Richardson's
punishment, but although they shouted and sang and acted out ...