A patient and a staff member exercise last week near the garden outside the Saco forensic units at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.

Jay Harper, acting superintendent, speaks with patients last week on a ward at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.

A patient hangs paper cutouts of pumpkins last week in the community room at the Lower Saco forensic unit at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.

Capitol Police officers change shifts last week at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.

A nurse observes a patient last week in the Lower Saco forensic unit at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta while monitoring him via a video camera while being put in seclusion for his safety.

Jay Harper, acting superintendent, in his office last week at the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.

The Lower Saco forensic unit last week at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.

A note to staff in the Lower Saco forensic unit on Wednesday at the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.