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.

The image that most Americans think of when they hear the term trailer park is not a very appealing one. Jane Stevenson looks at Friendly Village in Gorham as more than just a trailer park, but as a small home community.

Ordained as a monk in the Celtic Buddhist faith, Sister Gryphon presides over a monastery in backwoods Maine. Cory Valentine documents the journey that led Sister Gryphon to become a monk, and discusses Glen Ard Abbey, her monastery.

Short write ups on commuting in Maine, barbershop economics, and the expansion of Bath Iron Works.

Annalise Marcus documents the lives of people who live in Kennedy Park and their efforts to make better lives for themselves through education.

Gretchen Batz speaks to Ilsa Pasechnik, from the Russian colony in Richmond, Maine. Pasechnik shares stories about the music she loves and her losses in Russia.

Living in Kennebunkport most of his life, Albert Hutchins is a Maine lobsterman. Fran Ober visits Hutchins to learn how to knit a lobster trap head.

Kristen Lewis explores the history of Dew Animal Kingdom and discusses opinions of the farm.

Meet Dom. He’s 20 years old, and he spent three years of his childhood incarcerated at Maine’s last juvenile jail: Long Creek Youth Development Center. For years, there’s been a discussion within the Maine State Legislature about whether jail is the right place for kids who’ve committed a crime. But how do kids like Dom end up in Long Creek in the first place? And is there a world in which Maine can safely keep kids out of jail? CONTENT WARNING: Descriptions of violence, mentions of child abuse and incarceration, and profanity

The largest of eight therapeutic riding centers in Maine, Hearts N Horses assists thousands of handicapped people with all kinds of disabilities. Andrea DelCastillo captures the Hearts N Horses organization and the services they provide.

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Introduction to Maine: A Peopled Landscape by Hugh T. French, who writes about the changing face of Salt and Maine.