juvenile justice
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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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PublishedSeptember 23, 2022
Commentary: The U.S. neglects basic human rights for children
Based on our child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor and juvenile justice records, Maine is one of 20 states recently flunked by Human Rights Watch.
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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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PublishedJune 29, 2021
Our View: Close youth detention center Long Creek the right way
Gov. Mills was right to veto a bill that adds unnecessary risk to the plan to close Maine’s only youth prison.
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PublishedJune 24, 2021
Mills vetoes ‘fundamentally flawed’ bill to close Long Creek youth prison
Mills also moved to block a bill inspired by Hydro-Quebec's spending on a potential ballot initiative in Maine.
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PublishedJune 10, 2021
Bill to close Long Creek youth prison receives preliminary approval
The Maine Department of Corrections would have to develop a plan to close Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland by June 30, 2023.