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Our View: Close youth detention center Long Creek the right way

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.

by Rep. Craig Hickman and Adan Abdikadir Special to the Press Herald February 29, 2020February 29, 2020

Black History Month serves as a reminder to not only reflect on the harm done but also to take action – starting with closing Long Creek.

The measure would also prohibit courts from detaining juveniles solely because they can’t be sent home, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough.