Maine Department of Corrections
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2023
Group recommends the state reestablish parole and other early prison release options
The Commission to Examine Reestablishing Parole in Maine recommended state lawmakers also consider reviving a state-funded institute from the 1970s that regularly reviewed and revised Maine's sentencing laws.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2023
Maine prisons’ food program on track to become national model
The state's Department of Corrections is a leader in food service and culinary training and now is working with outside organizations to replicate its approach.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2023
Commentary: It’s time for Maine to reinstate parole for rehabilitated inmates
Bearing part or all of the cost of their own supervision, eligible prisoners could be released and placed in jobs to support their families, make restitution and pay taxes.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2022
Fairfield officials eye 2 possible remedies as complaints continue over juvenile behavior
Residents for months have complained about a group of juveniles who they say continuously harass people in town and display other objectionable behavior.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
Commentary: Maine correctional system buckling under weight of staffing shortage
Longstanding staff shortages and an overreliance on overtime come with many costs.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2022
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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PublishedJuly 23, 2022
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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PublishedMay 10, 2022
Inmate dies 4 months after alleged assault at Windham prison
Earlier this year, investigators told Renaldo Jones' family that he had been attacked by his cellmate, but state officials have refused to answer questions about the circumstances of his death.
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PublishedApril 13, 2022
Three officers caught in York County shakedown finally stripped of police credentials
The revocations end a bizarre, decade-long chapter that began with the daughter of a police officer who went to a concert and then found personal items missing from the limo that had taken her there.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2022
Our View: Whatever you call it, solitary confinement should be banned
There’s disagreement over how the practice is used, but by any name, isolation does more harm than good to people incarcerated in Maine.
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