A female corrections officer is suing the Maine Department of Corrections alleging harassment and discrimination.
Maine Department of Corrections
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Close youth detention center Long Creek the right way
Gov. Mills was right to veto a bill that adds unnecessary risk to the plan to close Maine’s only youth prison.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Community action is necessary for the survival of Maine youth
State funding should be redirected into providing better support for teens and their families and keeping them out of the juvenile justice system.
Posted inLocal & State
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.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The oldest inmates should be moved out of prison
We could support 12 Maine students for a year with what it takes to provide nursing home-type care inside prison walls.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine has history of withholding treatment from inmates. COVID is no exception
As a doctor who serves on one jail’s Board of Visitors says, ‘No one should be sentenced to lack of health care.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: State legislators face difficult decisions, historic choices
What values will Maine’s budget reflect – social justice or fear and repression?
Posted inLocal & State
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.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State
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.