The York County Sheriff’s Office and a local addiction recovery group have won a state grant to bring the gold standard in opiate addiction treatment to a small group of inmates at the jail. Up to 10 inmates could begin a regimen of medication-assisted treatment before the end of the year through the new pilot […]
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All inmates moved from Downeast Correctional Facility under cover of darkness
Gov. Paul LePage ignited a political firestorm by quietly emptying Washington County’s Downeast Correctional Facility in the pre-dawn hours Friday despite lawmakers’ repeated votes to keep the prison open. Although LePage’s desire to close the Machiasport prison and lay off its staff was well-known, his administration’s decision to transfer the 63 remaining inmates to other facilities Friday morning caught […]
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Paul LePage says he freed inmates to secure more summer workers
Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday his goal in releasing 17 non-violent state prisoners — with more to come — is to help the hard-pressed Maine tourism industry as it faces a summer season with far too few employees on hand. “That’s the whole premise for commuting sentences. It’s to try to find people that […]
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Sen. Eric Brakey opposes restricting inmate communication
AUGUSTA — More than two dozen people turned out Monday to oppose a proposed disciplinary policy governing inmates in the state’s prisons. No one spoke in favor of the proposed rules at a more than two-hour hearing held before Maria Lucia, an employee of the Maine Department of Corrections, who drafted the policy. She said […]
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Early projection of returning Oxford County Jail to full-time status: $1.3 million
PARIS — Returning control of the Oxford County Jail to the county may run taxpayers an additional $1.3 million annually, though the impact will depend on how lawmakers respond to the looming system crisis, officials from the Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Oxford County officials have begun early forecasts on the financial impact of transitioning the jail […]
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Redemption, untapped empathy through hospice program at Maine State Prison
WARREN (AP) — Steve Carpentier still sees the face in his dreams: Delirious and agitated, a dying inmate at the Maine State Prison cried out over and over that he was drowning. “I just grabbed my arms around him and called him by his first name. I said, ‘I gotcha. I’m not gonna let you […]