FARMINGTON — Corrections Sgt. John Donald of Wilton was promoted Monday to operations lieutenant. He will fill the new assistant administrator position at the Franklin County Jail. Commissioners voted to hire Donald to the position. Interviews were conducted with the four correction officer supervisors at the jail. The position was in place prior to July […]
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Franklin County to hire assistant administrator for jail
FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners voted Monday to hire an assistant administrator for the jail. A draft job description is under review. The jail had an assistant administrator prior to the state consolidating county jails into one system on July 1, 2009. The position was eliminated when Franklin County jail became a 72-hour holding facility. […]
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Repeal of Maine’s jail consolidation law moves forward
AUGUSTA — The Maine House on Tuesday passed a bill that returns control of county jails to the counties. The bill, LD 186, repeals a 2007 law change that aimed to consolidate the operations of the state’s 15 county jails with the Maine Department of Corrections through a unified state Board of Corrections. The bill […]
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Franklin County approves service providers for inmates
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners accepted recommendations Tuesday from the sheriff and jail manager to have MedPro Associates in Dover-Foxcroft provide medical services to jail inmates for $133,900 for a year. The 72-hour holding facility is expected to reopen as full-time jail in March. Commissioners also voted to go with Evergreen Behavioral Services of Farmington […]
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Franklin County jail to reopen as a full-service facility in six weeks
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County jail will reopen as a fully operational, full-time jail in six weeks, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday night. The state Board of Corrections approved the measure in a special meeting Monday to help ease overcrowding in the consolidated county jail system. Franklin County jail was reduced to a 72-hour […]
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Oxford County continuing jail payments
PARIS — Oxford County has continued payments to fund the state’s jail system, even as questions loom on its long-term durability. County commissioners unanimously agreed to send $93,537 to the Maine Board of Corrections’ investment fund Thursday afternoon. The county paid the same amount earlier this year. “The general feeling is we should play the game … […]
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Franklin County approves proposal for fire alarm system upgrade at jail
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-0 Tuesday to accept a proposal from Seacoast Security of West Rockland to update the fire suppression and alarm systems at the jail for $8,675.91. They approved the proposal knowing that the cost might be about $2,000 more because of some components not included in the quote. Protection 1 […]
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State board asking for more money for Maine jails
AUBURN — The state will have to spend millions of dollars more on jails before it breaks the cycle of annual budget crises, the leader of Maine’s jail system told Androscoggin County commissioners Wednesday. When the Legislature meets in January, it will be greeted with a Board of Corrections request of more than $2.5 million […]
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Two new full-time corrections officers hired at Franklin County jail
FARMINGTON — Two new full-time corrections officers were hired Tuesday to work at the Franklin County jail. Commissioners voted to approve jail manager Maj. Doug Blauvelt’s recommendation to hire Jhustin Welch of Rumford and Scott Nichols Jr. of Wilton. Nichols is the son of Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Both are certified corrections officers and both […]
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Franklin County panel reduces jail payment to state by $50,000
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to deduct $50,000 from the state Board of Corrections request of $365,288 for the first half of a 2014-15 major mission change payment. Commissioners decided to pay $315,288 for the first payment. The same amount was paid last year in two equal payments for a total of […]