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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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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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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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.