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County jails

Published
January 12, 2023

Our View: Incarceration should not be a death sentence

Premature deaths at Maine prisons and jails are on the rise. It's time we all took notice.
Published
October 20, 2022

Study group recommends stricter policies on access to prisoner phone calls

A legislative study group is recommending that Maine take steps to prevent police and prosecutors from having access to calls between lawyers and their clients in jail.
Published
February 15, 2022

Lawmakers to take up prisoner rights bills, overdose legal protections

During work sessions this week, lawmakers on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will discuss an array of bills, including one to ban solitary confinement and another to expand Good Samaritan Law protections.
Published
February 3, 2022

Maine Voices: Legislature should ban solitary confinement in Maine’s jails, prisons

L.D. 696 will put an end to a practice that has no rehabilitative purpose and that harms people who are incarcerated.
Published
October 29, 2021

Despite outbreaks at Maine prisons and jails, workers aren’t required to get vaccinated

The governor's vaccine mandate doesn't apply to corrections workers, even those who provide medical care, and her office hasn't explained why.

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Published
July 14, 2021

Unlike courts and businesses, Maine jails remain in pandemic mode

Sheriffs and jail administrators say they are following state corrections and health agencies' recommendations for COVID-19 safety measures.
Published
May 23, 2021

Our View: Maine should cut use of cash bail

County jails are full of people awaiting trial, mostly for minor offenses.
Published
May 20, 2021

ICE to stop sending detainees to jails in Massachusetts, Georgia

Both county jails are also under federal investigation for complaints of abuses against immigrants - allegations that remain open and unresolved.
Published
April 27, 2021

Our View: Inmates of Maine’s prisons, jails need vaccines, too

The state is leading the nation in distributing COVID vaccines, except to one vulnerable group.
Published
April 26, 2021

Jails struggle to get vaccines for people in custody

With multiple outbreaks in Maine jails and vaccine supplies trickling in from the state, some jails are seeking doses from health care providers in their communities.