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PublishedApril 24, 2018
Skowhegan teen challenges state’s jailing of youths at Long Creek detention center in lawsuit
Maine's highest court gets a case that questions a basic premise of law and the validity of a teenager's 18-month commitment, but the state says it ran out of options for rehabilitation.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2018
Lawsuit says 11-year-old boy held at Long Creek was injured by staff, deprived of medical care
Allegations that the staff failed to give the boy his medication and broke his teeth in a scuffle add to scrutiny of the juvenile detention center.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2018
Transitional home for young offenders planned for Portland
The state-funded home for as many as six young men would be the only one in the state.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2018
Long Creek’s new leader concedes juvenile facility’s at a crossroads
Caroline Raymond, who hopes to rebuild trust through transparency and collaboration, says: 'If we're asking these kids to be better, we need to ask the same of ourselves.'
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PublishedDecember 15, 2017
Lawsuit alleges pattern of abuse at Maine’s juvenile detention center that goes back decades
An attorney for Matthew Keene of Standish says his client was subjected to long periods of unwarranted isolation and excessive use of restraints when he was incarcerated in the 1990s.
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