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PublishedSeptember 12, 2023
Maine Voices: Our state can do better for children and juvenile justice
Consider New Hampshire as a model for supporting older children.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2023
Judge to determine whether teen charged in girlfriend’s death to be tried as juvenile or adult
A final day of testimony was heard Thursday in Waterville in the case of Aidan Grant, 16, who's charged in the stabbing death of 14-year-old Brooke McLaughlin in Mount Vernon.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
State prosecutor reveals inconsistencies in stories teen told following death of girlfriend in Mount Vernon
Further details were revealed Wednesday in Waterville during the second day of testimony to determine if Aidan Grant, 16, will be tried as an adult in the death last year of his girlfriend, Brooke McLaughlin, 14.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2023
Waterville court hearing reveals Mount Vernon girl was stabbed 10 times
Evidence in a case involving the killing of Brooke McLaughlin, 14, emerged Tuesday at Waterville District Court, where a hearing is being held to determine if the boy charged with her murder, Aidan Grant, will be tried as a juvenile or an adult.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
Study: Young adults are overrepresented in Maine’s criminal justice system
A report from the University of Southern Maine's Catherine E. Cutler Institute calls for expanding diversion and treatment-based criminal justice programs.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2022
Commentary: Black teens are oversurveilled, overpoliced and overincarcerated
A new book confirms my own experience: When I made mistakes as a white teen, I was given second chances that my Black students today don’t get.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2021
Maine Voices: Locked up for the holidays – why youth in Long Creek must be released now
Youth prisons neither keep communities any safer nor help young people, so we must get these kids home with the care and support they need.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2021
Our View: New study finds same old problems at Long Creek
Despite promises of reform, youths who need psychiatric treatment are still being held in a prison.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2021
Maine Voices: It’s time to close Long Creek, end youth incarceration
The state’s scramble to rebrand the institution can never heal the years of neglect and abuse that it has caused.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
Our View: Troubling reports of Long Creek restraint use
The state’s youth prison should not stay open if it is still using dangerous techniques it was warned about in 2017.
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