Warden Barnhart seeks to meet high expectations

Warden Patricia Barnhart's office walls at the Maine State Prison on Cushing Road evoke her past journeys and present occupation. Posters of European destinations share space with half-hull models, cutting boards and furniture that are made in the prison and sold at the Prison Showroom on Route 1 in Thomaston. Barnhart arrived in Warren over the Thanksgiving weekend last year and took up her position Dec. 1 ...