Long creek youth development center
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PublishedAugust 29, 2018
Maine Voices: State relies too heavily on incarceration for dealing with young offenders
Approaches that focus on mentoring while keeping juveniles safely at home have a far better track record.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2018
Our View: Maine needs options for juvenile offenders
Having Long Creek as the only choice is a waste of taxpayers' dollars and counterproductive.
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PublishedMay 17, 2018
State denies Long Creek lawsuit’s claim that guards beat boy, broke his teeth
A lawsuit alleges that after being beaten and losing teeth, the 11-year-old boy received 'indifferent' medical care and was not taken to a dentist for 6 days.
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PublishedMay 6, 2018
Another View: Newspaper’s call to close Long Creek fails to offer viable alternatives for at-risk Maine youth
A great deal of treatment takes place there, and hundreds, if not thousands, of young people have been helped.
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PublishedApril 26, 2018
Our View: Complaints about Long Creek point to bigger problem
A system of community-based treatment programs, not a prison environment, would help troubled Maine young people develop the skills they'll need to re-enter society.
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PublishedApril 24, 2018
Lawsuit challenges state’s jailing of youths at Long Creek detention center
Maine's highest court gets a case that questions a basic premise of law and the validity of a teenager's 18-month commitment, but the state says it ran out of options for rehabilitation.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2018
Our View: Corrections system failing Maine children
Claims that excessive force was used against an 11-year-old are just the latest issue at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2018
Lawsuit says 11-year-old boy held at Long Creek was injured by staff, deprived of medical care
Allegations that the staff failed to give the boy his medication and broke his teeth in a scuffle add to scrutiny of the juvenile detention center.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2018
Transitional home for young offenders planned for Portland
The state-funded home for as many as six young men would be the only one in the state.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2018
Long Creek’s new leader concedes juvenile facility’s at a crossroads
Caroline Raymond, who hopes to rebuild trust through transparency and collaboration, says: 'If we're asking these kids to be better, we need to ask the same of ourselves.'
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