FARMINGTON — Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. updated commissioners Tuesday on the Maine Board of Corrections action June 17 to reduce the jail’s operating budget by $100,000. Nichols and commission Chairman Fred Hardy of New Sharon went to the Board of Corrections to request a new transport van to replace a 7-year-old one with […]
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State asks Franklin County to pay $100,000 more for jail
FARMINGTON — The Maine Board of Corrections has increased the Franklin County’s payment by $100,000 to support other jails in the state. The board’s June 17 action increases the payment to $730,576 to the state’s operational support fund, formerly known as the investment fund. Franklin County commissioners will take up the matter at their meeting […]
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Sheriffs hope lawmakers override LePage veto of jail bill
AUBURN — A bill to strengthen Maine’s six-year-old network of county jails was scheduled to return to lawmakers Thursday, two days after Gov. Paul LePage vetoed the measure and described its state-county partnership as “doomed to failure.” “The bill masquerades as a fix to the Board of Corrections system, but it is nothing more than […]
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Sheriffs and lawmakers worry about veto of county jail fix
AUGUSTA — The creators of a bill meant to restructure Maine’s system of county jails — which is days from a vote in the Maine Legislature — say they’re worried the bill might fail on the governor’s desk. “I do worry about a veto,” Rep. Mark Dion, D-Portland, co-chairman of the Legislature’s Criminal Justice Committee, […]
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Franklin commissioners vote to pay $92,124 to state Board of Corrections
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to make a $92,124 payment to the state Board of Corrections for the county’s jail. The panel voted in September to withhold the first payment of 2013-14 until a state blue ribbon commission issued a report on a unified county jail system in early December. That decision came […]
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Task force votes to increase authority of state jail system
AUGUSTA — A task force created to save Maine’s jail system unanimously approved a measure Friday to grant new authority to the state’s Board of Corrections, potentially preventing more counties from leaving the fragile system. However, the group led by former Central Maine Power director David Flanagan stopped shy of widespread changes. Issues such as […]
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State group aims for fix of county jail system
LEWISTON — An effort to examine Maine’s foundering jail network — and find a fix — now rests with a 15-member group of appointees who will meet next week with the public. On Oct. 4, the Commission to Study Board of Corrections is scheduled to host a public hearing in Augusta. Meanwhile, appointees are gathering […]
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State will not reopen Farmington jail to full service
AUGUSTA — Franklin County pretrial inmates — those who have not been convicted — will continue to be transported dozens of miles to open beds around the state on a daily basis. The county’s transport officers will continue to rack up overtime as they drive inmates to other jails and then back for court sessions […]
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Second public hearing on Franklin County jail is Tuesday
FARMINGTON — The Board of Corrections will hold a second public hearing Tuesday on a request to change the Franklin County jail back to a full-service operation. It was converted to a 72-hour holding facility on July 1, 2009, when the state consolidated county jails into one system. The board will deliberate and make a […]