And Justice for All
Stan Moody
Stan Moody, former state representative and chaplain at the Maine State Prison, is the author of "Crisis in Evangelical Scholarship" and "McChurched: 300 Million Served and Still Hungry." He currently serves as pastor at the Meeting House Church in Manchester. His Web site is www.stanmoody.com.
Recent Posts by Stan Moody
Prison reform: kicking the 'can' on down the road
By Stan Moody - Apr 02When I began this journey over a year ago, advocating for reform of our prisons, I never dreamed that so arcane and bizarre a subject could become ...
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Touching lives in prison
By Stan Moody - May 26When Neil White was sentenced to 18 months for bank fraud at the Federal Medical Center in Carville, La., he thought of it as a brief time out. ...
Are Maine prisons out of control?
By Stan Moody - May 12Maine, the state with the lowest incarceration rate in the nation, appears to be losing to suspicious death a disproportionate number of prisoners ...
Cain's redemption or mark of Cain?
By Stan Moody - May 05Jim Ridgeway of Solitary Watch has prodded me to follow the "sawdust trail" of Burl Cain, warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Jim's ...
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The fate of LD 1611: Watching the bee watchers
By Stan Moody - Apr 21LD1611, the bill that would have restricted the isolation of mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement/segregation, eventually passed as a ...
A pearl in the desert
By Stan Moody - Mar 31While it was my pleasure to serve for nearly two years as a chaplain at Maine State Prison, I was forced to conclude that religious programming, ...
Your neighbor in prison
By Stan Moody - Mar 17As I watched the facial expressions of legislators while I was testifying on Maine's so-called solitary confinement bill, LD1611, it was clear to ...
Maine Department of Corrections running scared
By Stan Moody - Feb 26I've never seen anything like it! Opposition to the solitary confinement bill, LD 1611, on Feb. 17 brought out an army of corrections officials, ...
Prison myth No. 5: 'You don’t understand what we are up against'
By Stan Moody - Feb 11Maximum security prisons are designed for three purposes — to keep prisoners safe, to protect the public and to carry out a strategy of corrections...
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Prison myth No. 4: All prison guards are brutes
By Stan Moody - Feb 06Being a prison guard is a thankless job. The shroud of secrecy that envelopes a prison system feeds the public perception that guards are ...
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Prison myth No. 3: 'Politics is the enemy'
By Stan Moody - Jan 23Following my recent column on "Corrections as a growth industry," I received blistering e-mails from an employee at the Maine State Prison. It ...
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Prison myth No. 2: 'You have to be a team player'
By Stan Moody - Jan 15As I write this article, it is 9:45 a.m. Christmas Day. I have been a team player in the give and take of gifts and good wishes. The game is over; ...
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Prison myth No. 1: 'Prisoners want to go in to solitary confinement'
By Stan Moody - Jan 09It is not news that public opinion is stacked against those who have been convicted and incarcerated for a crime -- any crime. Check the Internet ...
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Corrections: a growth industry in Maine
By Stan Moody - Dec 27The third-highest budget item for Maine -- right behind human services and education -- is the cost of incarcerating the failures of human ...
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Maine's prisoner re-entry program: $50 and a bus ticket to Portland
By Stan Moody - Dec 18When I came to the Maine State Prison in Warren for my final interview for a position as chaplain, it was a cold day in December. A released ...
