Four inmates injured by others say the state’s policy is unsafe because the locks can be used as weapons, but corrections officials disagree.

Robert Evon, 36, who founded Port City Music Hall and who has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in New York, will face more counts in Maine.

In an unusual step, Janet Mills publicizes records from a case that started a one-woman campaign against a District Court judge.

Kody Williams, who was transferred from the juvenile facility when he was 18, files a lawsuit over conditions at the Cumberland County Jail.

He’ll take over for Robert Mullen, who is joining the Superior Court on Thursday.

They come from 30 countries as diverse as France, Iraq, Jamaica, Togo, Brazil and Canada.

Ryan McLaughlin, 26, who told police he had an addiction and was desperate, faces up to 20 years on each of two counts.