FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted to Tuesday to appoint corrections officer, Jane Proctor, as the new transport officer for the county jail. The position was posted in-house and there were two applicants, county Clerk Julie Magoon said. Former transport officer Walter Fails left the position when he was promoted to sergeant to be a […]
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Franklin County commissioners ask for legal opinion on state jail law
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to have the county’s attorney review a new state law that gives the Board of Corrections more authority over the county jail system. They also agreed to spend up to $500 on the review. Commissioners want to know if the Board of Corrections has the authority to cut […]
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Marble, Fails promoted in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Two Franklin County employees were promoted Tuesday. Franklin County commissioners voted to promote dispatcher Tom Marble of Wilton to a supervisor at the Franklin County Regional Communications Center. He will fill a seven-month vacancy created by Meagan Gaboury’s resignation. Marble, who has worked for the county for 14 years, is one of the […]
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Sheriff updates Franklin County commissioners on increased jail payment
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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Franklin County prisoners again allowed in Somerset County Jail
FARMINGTON — Franklin County prisoners are once again being housed at the Somerset County Jail, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Tuesday. County inmates housed in jails or prisons around the state, including Wiscassett and Windham, were brought to the jail in East Madison last week, Nichols said. Somerset County Sheriff Barry DeLong stopped taking Franklin […]
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Franklin County commissioners waive probationary period for corrections officer
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to waive a six-month probationary period for Jason Hamlin, who will move from maintenance at the jail to being a corrections officer. A corrections officer will retire at the end of the month, leaving an open position. Hamlin, of Wilton, is a certified corrections officer and has four […]
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Second attempt to expand Franklin County jail fails
AUGUSTA — A measure to reopen the Franklin County Detention Center as a full-service jail, this time with a stipulation that the Maine Legislature appropriate more money, was defeated Tuesday by the state Board of Corrections. After nearly two hours of debate, the measure drew only a single vote of the nine-member board. “Everybody in […]
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J. Calloway: Unacceptable treatment
The Franklin County Budget Committee expresses its unanimous and whole-hearted support for the Franklin County Commissioners’ decision to withhold the quarterly payment to the Department of Corrections. We further unanimously support Sheriff Scott Nichols in his endeavor to negotiate an agreement with the Somerset County sheriff to house our inmates in the Somerset facility. It […]
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Franklin County asks state to spend more on jails
AUGUSTA — Franklin County leaders implored a new group of state appointees to either spend more on Maine’s 15 county jails or give up their control. The current network is “a bad idea which continues to grow worse,” Franklin County Commissioner Fred Hardy told the 14 member Commission to Study the Board of Corrections. “I […]