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March 18, 2010

Report: Dropouts eight times
more likely to go to jail

The Associated Press

PORTLAND — A report authored in part by Maine's chief justice says finishing school is a key to keeping young people out of the prison system.

In a preliminary report released Wednesday, the Maine Juvenile Justice Task Force stressed the need to increase Maine's school graduation rate and build a comprehensive community based service system.

Maine Supreme Court Chief Justice Leigh Saufley, one of the three task force co-chairs, says the report is the work of 70 task force members who heard from 300 people at a statewide summit last December.

The report notes that school dropouts are eight times more likely to go to prison and stresses the need to keep youths in school and increase Maine's graduation rate.

First lady Karen Baldacci, a teacher, is one of the task force's co-chairs.

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