https://preprod.pressherald.com/tag/cumberland-county-jail/page/5

Cumberland County Jail

Published
April 16, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak prompts Cumberland County jail to divert prisoners

The jail says an outbreak affecting 51 inmates and 2 staff is forcing it to send anyone arrested in Cumberland County to the York County Jail in Alfred or the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
Published
April 15, 2021

Former Cumberland County Jail officer charged with gross sexual assault of inmate

Investigators say Jonathan Williams, 30, had sexual contact with a person incarcerated in the jail's community corrections center in 2019.
Published
April 13, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak infects 29 at Cumberland County Jail

The coronavirus has infected 27 inmates and 2 staff members, the jail said Tuesday.
Published
February 2, 2021

Cumberland County settles lawsuit over alleged assault on inmate

The former inmate received $41,000 as part of the settlement, the county confirmed this week.
Published
December 21, 2020

Parish Christmas project reminds inmates they are not forgotten

Members of the Sacred Heart/Saint Dominic Parish in Portland have donated cards to inmates at Cumberland County Jail to send to their loved ones for more than 30 years.

advertisement

Published
October 28, 2020

Cumberland County Jail gets $900,000 federal grant for drug treatment

The jail has partnered with community agencies to improve substance use disorder treatments for inmates while they're incarcerated and afterward.
Published
October 23, 2020

Former inmate sues over alleged assault by Cumberland County Jail guard

A man who was punched in the face by a corrections officer in July is suing the county, the sheriff and the officer who hit him.
Published
July 14, 2020

State declares outbreak at Cumberland County Jail, but sheriff says tests are not clear

The state CDC reported 2 new cases of COVID-19 at the jail in Portland on Tuesday, but the sheriff said a retest of one inmate came back negative and a second is pending.
Published
July 9, 2020

York County Jail inmate tests positive for COVID-19

The man, who was arrested Wednesday, was asymptomatic initially, but a test came back positive Thursday, the sheriff says.
Published
July 8, 2020

Police will investigate Cumberland County Jail guard who punched inmate

Sheriff Kevin Joyce says he is 'very disappointed' by what he saw on security footage, and the officer is now on paid administrative leave.