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PublishedMarch 13, 2023
Lawmakers hear passionate debate over restoring parole in Maine
Advocates said parole is the hope incarcerated people need to better their lives and become productive, but opponents say it will only cause additional trauma to victims and survivors of violent crimes.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2023
Group recommends the state reestablish parole and other early prison release options
The Commission to Examine Reestablishing Parole in Maine recommended state lawmakers also consider reviving a state-funded institute from the 1970s that regularly reviewed and revised Maine's sentencing laws.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2023
Maine prisons’ food program on track to become national model
The state's Department of Corrections is a leader in food service and culinary training and now is working with outside organizations to replicate its approach.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2022
State appears to be moving forward with proposal for youth detention centers in several Maine locations
The Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield is one of 15 sites under consideration for "therapeutic residences" should lawmakers choose to close or downsize the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, according to a state Department of Corrections report.
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PublishedMay 10, 2022
Inmate dies 4 months after alleged assault at Windham prison
Earlier this year, investigators told Renaldo Jones' family that he had been attacked by his cellmate, but state officials have refused to answer questions about the circumstances of his death.
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PublishedApril 13, 2022
Three officers caught in York County shakedown finally stripped of police credentials
The revocations end a bizarre, decade-long chapter that began with the daughter of a police officer who went to a concert and then found personal items missing from the limo that had taken her there.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2022
Family looks for answers after alleged assault at Windham prison leaves 30-year-old with traumatic brain injury
Investigators told the family of Renaldo Jones that they believed he was assaulted by his cellmate. But family members still have many questions.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2022
New superintendent hired for Long Creek, Maine’s beleaguered youth prison
Lynne Allen comes to Maine from the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. She succeeds Caroline Raymond, who resigned in September after a series of violent incidents at the South Portland facility.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Maine State Prison inmates in solitary confinement end hunger strike
Inmates in the most restrictive unit at the Maine State Prison have stopped refusing their meals.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2021
South Portland police respond to unrest among incarcerated youths at Long Creek
Authorities say no one was injured but property was damaged in the incident Sunday night at the state's Long Creek Youth Development Center.
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