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Published
April 8, 2025

US attorney general says she’s pulling ‘nonessential’ funds to Maine prisons over transgender inmate

During an appearance on 'Fox & Friends,' Pam Bondi said Maine is not following the Trump administration's priorities — an apparent reference to an executive order limiting transgender rights.
Published
February 19, 2025

Woman sues Maine corrections department for violating rights during pregnancy

The new lawsuit, alleging Maine Correctional Center officers stayed in a pregnant woman's hospital room while she gave birth, is similar to a case against the Cumberland County Jail that was recently settled.
Published
January 27, 2025

Bill would allow some Maine teens facing adult charges to stay in youth detention

The legislation would allow the Department of Corrections to keep certain residents who are over 18 at Long Creek Youth Development Center so they could continue to receive behavioral health services.
Published
May 18, 2024

York County Jail administrator will take over as new warden of Maine State Prison

Nathan Thayer has served as administrator at the York County Jail for the last three years and will start in his new role at Maine's largest prison on Monday.
Published
March 26, 2024

‘We are in a crisis,’ workers at Maine’s only youth prison tell the state

Educators, maintenance staff and supervisory staff at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland outlined their concerns and demands in a letter to the Department of Corrections.

Published
March 22, 2024

Leader of Maine’s youth prison steps down

Long Creek Youth Development Center Superintendent Lynne Allen resigned for undisclosed personal reasons, according to the Maine Department of Corrections.
Published
February 7, 2024

Lawyers say they have limited access to clients at Maine’s lone youth prison

Juvenile defense attorneys say incidents of unrest at Long Creek Youth Development Center have led teens to be held in frequent 23-hour lockdowns.
Published
September 7, 2023

Canaan man convicted of murdering girlfriend dies at Maine prison

Shannon Atwood, whose earliest possible release date would have been August 2054, died Thursday morning at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston.
Published
July 26, 2023

State corrections official charged with theft, bribery

Gerald E. Merrill, a deputy superintendent with the Maine Department of Corrections, was arrested Tuesday and accused of operating a kickback scheme for nearly a decade.
Published
July 7, 2023

Inmate who left Machias work release site back in custody

James Berube was taken back into custody following a seven-hour standoff with police, according to the Maine Department of Corrections.

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