Long creek youth development center
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2020
National group advises Maine to invest in community services to reduce juvenile incarcerations
Preliminary findings by the Center for Children's Law and Policy show that 53% of detained youths were held because the state lacked alternative places to house them safely.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2019
Maine Voices: Spend juvenile-justice money on Maine’s youth, not prisons
Young people who have been in Long Creek urge the state to invest in things like housing, education and after-school programs.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2019
Commissioner Liberty: Editorial casts Maine’s correctional system in unduly bleak light
The rehabilitation of our friends, family and neighbors drives the system and Maine's Department of Corrections.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2019
Maine Voices: Hard work of dedicated Long Creek staff unfairly overlooked
The Press Herald Editorial Board keeps taking swipes at people who help youths with no other place to go.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2019
D.C.-based policy group hired to help reform Maine’s juvenile justice system
The Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group has hired the Center for Children's Law and Policy to evaluate Maine's system and recommend changes.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2019
Teenager charged in Lewiston man’s death now accused of assault at Long Creek
Emmanuel Nkurunziza is charged with assault after a fight that his lawyer describes as ‘a racially-charged incident.’
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PublishedJune 17, 2019
State pays $500,000 to settle lawsuit alleging abuse at juvenile facility
Matthew Keene of Standish was held at the Maine Youth Center, now called Long Creek Youth Development Center, from 1995 to 1999.
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PublishedJune 11, 2019
Judge denies mentally incompetent boy’s request for release from Long Creek
The 13-year-old is still detained because he has not been able to get into a residential treatment program.
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PublishedJune 6, 2019
Supreme court justice considers request to release 13-year-old from Long Creek
An attorney is fighting to get the boy out of the Long Creek Youth Development Center, but the state argues that he can be detained while officials search for the right placement for his mental health needs.
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PublishedMay 19, 2019
Our View: Juvenile justice bill would keep kids out of prison
Mental health and drug disorders don't get better behind bars. Maine judges should treat incarceration as a last resort.
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