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Maine Department of Corrections

Published
February 16, 2021

Maine Voices: State legislators face difficult decisions, historic choices

What values will Maine’s budget reflect – social justice or fear and repression?
Published
February 1, 2021

USM report explores plight of children of people in Maine prisons

The study's authors hope the findings will result in policy changes to better support families impacted by the criminal justice system.
Published
January 27, 2021

Corrections officers begin getting vaccine, and advocates say inmates should as well

The congregate setting puts incarcerated people at high risk and correctional facilities across the country have been hotspots for COVID-19 outbreaks, including Maine's two largest at a single site.
Published
November 19, 2020

Kennebec County jail continues to limit inmate population

Kennebec County Sheriff Ken Mason, who faced criticism in the wake of a Department of Corrections inspection that showed the jail was not following most protocols it identified, said the jail has had no cases of COVID-19 infection.
Published
November 5, 2020

Mills requires face coverings in public as Maine sets another record with 183 new cases

Face coverings are now required in all public places in Maine, even where physical distancing is possible.

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Published
October 1, 2020

Maine agrees to provide hepatitis C medication in prisons

The treatment is being provided by the Department of Corrections after an inmate sued the state last year.
Published
July 7, 2020

Jail staff followed rules in pepper spraying mentally ill inmates, corrections department says

But the advocate who sought the review says it makes no mention of accommodations for such inmates as required by law.
Published
May 30, 2020

Mills directs Corrections Department to buy surplus restaurant food

The announcement comes days after a decision to postpone the June 1 reopening of southern Maine restaurants drew complaints.
Published
May 23, 2020

Two more inmates at Windham prison test positive for COVID-19

That brings to four the number of inmates at the Maine Correctional Center to have been so diagnosed, making it the first coronavirus outbreak at a prison in Maine.
Published
May 22, 2020

Our View: Maine taking risk by not testing at prisons

Correctional facilities are among the most likely sites for COVID-19 outbreaks.