During a meeting that lasted only a few minutes, commissioners voted unanimously to return jail operations to normal.
Cumberland County Jail
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Cumberland County Jail eases lockdown as officials move to end COVID emergency
An outbreak that began in September and peaked this month appears to have eased, allowing the jail to accept new inmates.
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Infections and lockdowns at Cumberland County Jail ease for now
But new infections inside the jail mean the virus is still circulating.
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Inmates and families decry conditions in Cumberland County Jail during lockdown
People housed in the jail in Portland say suicide attempts are up and their mental health is deteriorating during what is effectively solitary confinement.
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Maine’s new bail law may ease the crunch for struggling county jails
The sponsors of a new law that ends cash bail requirements for most minor charges say people who are not a danger to the public shouldn’t be stuck in county jails just because they’re too poor to pay bail.
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Jail problems nearly boil over after Cumberland County declares emergency
A steady, years-long stream of departures at the jail has turned a small COVID-19 outbreak into a full-blown crisis.
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Ohio fugitive wanted for drug felonies arrested in Harpswell
Brian Woods, 46, was wanted in Ohio for multiple felonies including trafficking fentanyl.
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Indictment charges corrections officer with assaulting inmate at Cumberland County Jail
Vinal Thompson, 40, has been on paid administrative leave for more than a year in connection with the July 2020 incident.
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COVID-19 outbreak prompts Cumberland County jail to divert prisoners
The jail says an outbreak affecting 51 inmates and 2 staff is forcing it to send anyone arrested in Cumberland County to the York County Jail in Alfred or the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
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Former Cumberland County Jail officer charged with gross sexual assault of inmate
Investigators say Jonathan Williams, 30, had sexual contact with a person incarcerated in the jail’s community corrections center in 2019.