Within the Education Department of the Maine State Prison, inmates are offered an opportunity to join a program geared towards giving inmates a way to prepare in rejoin public society. Drew Oberholtzer captures the Pre-Release Exit Program and the experiences of inmates within the prison.

Reverend Norman Allen leads the First Parish Congregation in Portland, Maine. As a Gay minister, he’s always worked to help people understand that Gayness and Christianity are not at odds. In fact, there’s a history of Gay clergy at First Parish. Music courtesy of First Parish Congregation’s Choir and Blue Dot Sessions. Photo by M. Bell.

Harvey Bixby is a skilled artisan who builds stone walls. Mark Serreze visits Bixby to learn about his craft and the work that goes into it.

Front cover for Maine: A Peopled Landscape.

Lara Coger speaks to Zoe High and Elizabeth Woodbury about homeschooling. High talks about her daily experiences learning at home and her dislike for math.

For veterans that end up in prison, there are programs that help to rehabilitate them for society. Elizabeth Jenkins speaks about the veterans block at Kennebec Correctional Facility and the services the program at the prison offers to veterans.

With a quote on fisherman in hand, Greg Violette decided to speak to fisherman around Cape Porpoise and Kennebunkport. Violette discusses superstitions that fisherman may have and how it shapes their experiences.

Elizabeth Claffey captures a photograph of firefighters Scott, Dave, and Tilly deciding how much spaghetti to buy for dinner.

Elizabeth Claffey captures the life of Laura Ochoa, a single mother who is raising a daughter alone after leaving an abusive husband.

Inside back cover for Maine: A Peopled Landscape.

As the only Asian immigrant in Livermore Falls, Suzuko Hiraoka Laplante had to learn a lot of new things on her own. Clea French documents how Suzuko had to overcome personal tragedy to make Maine her home.

Salt offers a guide on Maine's historic inns.