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Maine Voices: It’s time to close Long Creek, end youth incarceration

by Rossana Natalini-Majerini and Abdulkadir Ali Special to the Press Herald October 2, 2021October 1, 2021

The state’s scramble to rebrand the institution can never heal the years of neglect and abuse that it has caused.

by The Editorial Board September 14, 2021September 13, 2021

The state’s youth prison should not stay open if it is still using dangerous techniques it was warned about in 2017.

by The Editorial Board June 29, 2021June 28, 2021

Gov. Mills was right to veto a bill that adds unnecessary risk to the plan to close Maine’s only youth prison.

Mills also moved to block a bill inspired by Hydro-Quebec’s spending on a potential ballot initiative in Maine.

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.

by Jessica Jacques Special to the Press Herald May 15, 2021May 14, 2021

State funding should be redirected into providing better support for teens and their families and keeping them out of the juvenile justice system.

by Grayson Lookner and Abdulkadir Ali Special to the Press Herald May 8, 2021May 7, 2021

It would be a better use of public dollars to invest them in a continuum of community-based care to replace incarceration for Maine’s young people.

by The Editorial Board April 4, 2021April 3, 2021

Developing community-based programs is the surest way to shut down Maine’s youth prison.

by The Editorial Board March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

Maine can continue taking steps in the right direction by keeping the youngest offenders out of the justice system.

Police say the 11-year-old girl stabbed her father after blindfolding him.