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Cumberland County jail lifts intake restrictions
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 18—The Cumberland County Jail again began accepting all new inmates this week, nearly eight months after Sheriff Kevin Joyce imposed major intake restrictions in the face of staffing shortages ...
Sheriff denies that officers responding to Maine mass shooting had been drinking
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA sheriff is rebutting an allegation that some of his officers arrived at a mass shooting scene...
Inmate dies in Cumberland County Jail
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 14—The Portland Police Department is investigating the death of an inmate who was found unresponsive in their cell at the Cumberland County Jail early Sunday morning. Cumberland County ...
Jail intake remains limited as Cumberland County sheriff continues hiring push
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 3—More than six months after the Cumberland County Jail closed its doors to most arrests, persistent staffing shortages are expected to continue to hamper the facility for several months ...
Cumberland County Jail dealing with COVID-19 outbreak
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 26—There has been another outbreak of COVID-19 at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. Seventeen inmates have tested positive for the respiratory virus, following a summer in which infections ...
County law enforcement officer killed, Gorham man injured in Aroostook County UTV crash
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 16—An officer with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office's corrections division was killed Sunday night when he crashed his utility terrain vehicle in the Aroostook County town of Westfield ...
Arrest diversions at Cumberland County Jail are costly, but only option
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 30—Administrators at the Cumberland County Jail say they are taking extraordinary steps to try to fill dozens of vacant positions — a costly crisis that has plagued the facility for years ...
Staff shortage at Cumberland County Jail leads feds to remove prisoners
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 7—The U.S. Marshals Service has removed federal prisoners from Cumberland County Jail because the facility is short-staffed, the sheriff said this week, the latest repercussion of a yearslong ...
Lewiston woman says jail officers should not have been in room as she gave birth
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 17—A federal judge has ruled that a Maine woman can continue her lawsuit against Cumberland County contending that jail officers violated her constitutional right to privacy when they remained ...
Portland police investigating death of Cumberland County Jail inmate
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 7—The Portland Police Department is investigating the death of an incarcerated man who was found unresponsive in his cell at the Cumberland County Jail on Wednesday morning. Sheriff Kevin ...