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Cumberland DA won't charge officers in Long Creek use-of-force cases
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 12—Prosecutors in Cumberland County will not charge corrections officers for their use of force at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in a series of violent altercations between residents ...
Staff at youth prison slept in inmate housing between long shifts
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 31—Employees at Long Creek Youth Development Center were allowed to sleep in a transitional housing unit last summer that was meant for female inmates, so they could easily return to work ...
Portland teen arrested, found with gun with altered serial number
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 23—A Portland 16-year-old is being sent to Long Creek Youth Development Center, facing charges for carrying a concealed handgun with an altered serial number. Portland police say the teen ...
Former Long Creek prisoner sues state, alleging excessive isolation, sexual assault as teen
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 17—A man who was held in a Maine youth prison 20 years ago is suing the state, alleging he was subject to excessive periods of isolation and sexual abuse when he was supposed to get rehabilitation ...
Maine Department of Corrections names new superintendent of state's sole youth prison
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 week agoMay 28—Maine's only youth prison has hired a new leader to oversee the facility. Ryan Andersen has been appointed superintendent of the Long Creek Youth Development Center, the Maine Department ...
Attempted breakout at youth prison illustrates recent turmoil within understaffed facility
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 22—A group of nine boys armed with makeshift weapons broke out of Maine's youth prison in late January but did not make it off the grounds, according to South Portland police. The new details ...
Business in brief: Salvation Army hires development director, Mercy introduces AI chatbot
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoEllis hired as development director for Salvation Army The Salvation Army announced the addition of...
South Portland teen accused of planning attack to be released on house arrest
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDec. 8—The South Portland teenager accused of scheming to attack his high school will be released from Long Creek Youth Development Center on Friday afternoon and placed under house arrest.
Litchfield man's lawsuit says he was sexually abused, forced into isolation in Maine youth prisons
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 24—A Maine man says he experienced excessive isolation, unnecessary use of force and restraint and was sexually abused during a four-year period in two youth prisons as a teen, according ...
State budget includes funding for Calhoun County projects, initiatives
The Battle Creek Enquirer via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMichigan lawmakers this week passed the state’s fiscal 2023-24 budget, which includes funding for a...