Longstanding staff shortages and an overreliance on overtime come with many costs.
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Federal judge approves plan to reimburse Maine inmates who lost unemployment benefits
The state will return more than $163,000 in seized unemployment benefits to 54 people who were incarcerated in Maine in 2020 and barred from the state’s work-release program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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State appears to be moving forward with proposal for youth detention centers in several Maine locations
The Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield is one of 15 sites under consideration for “therapeutic residences” should lawmakers choose to close or downsize the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, according to a state Department of Corrections report.
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Family looks for answers after alleged assault at Windham prison leaves 30-year-old with traumatic brain injury
Investigators told the family of Renaldo Jones that they believed he was assaulted by his cellmate. But family members still have many questions.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Legislature should ban solitary confinement in Maine’s jails, prisons
L.D. 696 will put an end to a practice that has no rehabilitative purpose and that harms people who are incarcerated.
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New superintendent hired for Long Creek, Maine’s beleaguered youth prison
Lynne Allen comes to Maine from the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. She succeeds Caroline Raymond, who resigned in September after a series of violent incidents at the South Portland facility.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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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Maine State Prison inmates in solitary confinement end hunger strike
Inmates in the most restrictive unit at the Maine State Prison have stopped refusing their meals.
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South Portland police respond to unrest among incarcerated youths at Long Creek
Authorities say no one was injured but property was damaged in the incident Sunday night at the state’s Long Creek Youth Development Center.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.